Les Fines Gueules
Add: 43, rue Croix des Petits Champs, 75001 Paris
Tel: 01 42 61 35 41
Hours: [Mon-Fri] 12~2:30pm, 7:30~10:30pm [Sat-Sun] 7:30~11pm
Website: www.lesfinesgueules.fr
Price: €40~50/person
Tasted: Feb 2013
A small and casual wine bar/bistro at the corner of rues Croix des Petits Champs and La Veillière. Rustic chic decor, friendly service, and good food in generous portions.
Foie gras poêlé, betteraves au balsamique (€16) – pan-fried foie gras with beetroot marinated in balsamic vinegar.
Velouté de potimarron, margret fumé, amandes (€10) – pumpkin soup with smoked duck and almonds.
Filet de bar de ligne, mousseline de broccolis et poivrons confits (€26) – filet of sea bass with broccoli mousseline and red bell pepper.
Magret de canard au piment d’espelette, poêlée de champignon (€25) – espelette pepper-spiced duck breast with pan-fried mushrooms.
All four dishes I tried were done very well, but I was especially in love with the pumpkin soup and the espelette pepper duck breast. No room for desserts on this particular evening because I was already sugar high from Angelina, so I’ll have to come back for those later. Apparently Les Fines Gueules also makes a very fine steak tartar…
looks so delicious ya~