Le Bistrot de Madeleine, 4 ave Trudaine in the 9th is a place a Saturday-open-for-lunch spotter pal pointed us to at the beginning of the year and we’ve been enjoying ever since. Today I chanced upon one of those websites whose contributors seem to be either people who dropped down from Mars yesterday and found the food in this local bistro to be the best of their lives or grumpy tourists from Brooklyn who expect a 3* experience at a place serving 3 dishes for 22€. Gimme a break.
I got there well before my dining companions and was captivated by two items, a chicken mousse and paleron of beef, and sipped at a glass of brisk Touraine while checking emails. Wouldn’t'cha know, by the time we ordered, they were out of both.
So, then our friend ordered the celery soup, which I had a taste of - it was superb; then he and Colette had salmon with a nice sauce and I had pork mignon, equally good; and we terminated with a lemon meringue desert.
Our bill with a bottle and glass of wine and 2 coffees, was 86€ or 57.34€ a couple. And it was packed with locals. Take that aliens!
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