A taste in Paris

As I go to Bistrot Victoires, I found the menus that catch my eye immediately. In this very restaurant I ordered a three al a carte menu which is salade océane, entrecôte grille au thym brule de la garrigue frites ou couteau, and for dessert I took profiterole glace nougat sauce chocolat amandes grilles.

Salade Océane

                A direct translation of salade océane is ocean salad or salad of the ocean. Just like a normal salad, this salad has a base of vegetable, seafood condiments with a dressing. The way they plate is very natural they just stack all of the item. The vegetables that they used are julienne of carrots, chiffonnade of cabbage and shredded of crisp lettuce. For the seafood they use a 250 gram of steamed salmon and a mix of squids, mussels, and scallops braised in white wine. And to combine all of the item and bring out the taste, they use a emulsion of horseradish dressing. Compare to the portion they served, 8.50€ is a very low price.

Entrecôte Grille au Thym Brule de la Garrigue Frites ou Couteau

                Basically, this 11€ dish served an around 300gram of beef steak with frites. For this dish, I ordered a medium rare beef steak, and they served it perfectly. The steak was very tender with a thin crisp outer layer, and with a thym Brule or burned thyme, the aroma brings up the taste of the beef. Not only the beef that was lovely, when I try the frites, it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with a pinch of salt, even the frites was lovely. For me the score for this dish is definitely above 8/10.

Profiterole Glace Nougat, Sauce Chocolat Amandes Grilles

                For the dessert with only 5€, you can get this dish which are a choux pastry filled with nougat ice cream with chocolate sauce and roasted almond. It’s very hard to describe how good this dessert is. First, the choux pastry was still soft and chewy even though it has already been filled with ice cream and put in the freezer; second, the ice cream that they made was undoubtedly beautiful it was very soft and smooth with a just nice sugar level and chewable nougat inside. Third, the sauce is very rich and they didn’t stingy to give it, they just pour the rich sauce over the profiterole, and to topped it, roasted sliced almond give a nice crunchy taste to it. It was a beautiful ending.

Bistrot Victories

It was like a week ago when I was in a restaurant in Paris, France.  The nicest bistro restaurant hat I have ever been in to, with the perfect atmosphere and ambiance. And that restaurant is Bistrot Victories. When you first come to the restaurant before you were seated, I can assure you, you can already smell the Baggett fresh from the oven. with a friendly waiters and bartender, you will love to go here.

The restaurant is at 6 rue de la Vrilliere,  75001 Paris, France (Louvre / Place Vendôme. It is open everyday for lunch service at 12.00 PM to 04.00 PM and dinner service from 07.00PM to 11.00PM. This restaurant is very famous for both the French people and the tourist from other country. With a full occupancy in every service, if you do not want to wait to be seated, you have to go to this restaurant at 12.00 PM for lunch or 07.00 PM for dinner if not, I can assure you it will be fully packed with people and you have to wait to be seated, or you can just call the restaurant for reservation at (+04) 1 42 61 43 78.

            In this restaurant, I didn’t see any set menu, all they served was al a carte menu with a reasonable pricing compare to the bistro or café around Paris because of the big portion that they served. Their price range for every dish they served is around 15 to 20 euro. In this restaurant I have an ocenia salad, a seafood salad, grilled beef steak with frites, and profiteroles. For me, all the food that I taste in this restaurant is fabulous, the taste, the texture, all of it. Not only the food, are the wines that they served also very nice, with a price range of 17 euro only compared to other bistro or café that usually sell it for 21 euro.