Though I was a budding gourmande when I first came to Paris four years ago, my passion for food has at least quadrupled since then. Sampling as much of the local food as possible, therefore, is one of my main goals for this visit. Up until today, I have been satisfied with typical street food-type fare (crêpes, falafel, etc.), but after an uninspiring rillettes (pork pâté) sandwich yesterday, I was determined to sample some real French cooking today.
I got my fix at Le Rubis (which I discovered via David Lebovitz), a little wine bar near the Tuileries gardens that offers a small menu of classic dishes that any French home cook worth her salt would surely have in her repertoire. I had the boeuf bourguignon (pictured above), which was everything I hoped it would be. With hardly a tap of the fork, the meat fell into perfect pink shreds, and the wine-tinged sauce was so lovely that I was thankful for the otherwise mediocre bread that came with the meal--perfect for sopping! With a bottle of côtes du rhône, it was a wonderful lunch.
Le Rubis
10 rue Marché Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
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I want to go to there and put that in my food hole!
ReplyDeleteHehe...yeah, it was really good. You could make a respectable version at home. I made a beef stew last winter using a Jamie Oliver recipe, and it turned out pretty well. Mmm...stew.
ReplyDeleteStew, chili, soup -- all my cold weather favorites; with fall coming on, I'll have to look up that Jamie Oliver recipe!
ReplyDeleteYou could even try your hand at Julia's boeuf bourguignon! :)
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