Foods from Le Pied de Cochon
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2013 Oct 6
Le Pied de Cochon serves straight up, old-school French cuisine. my dining companion (who is a regular) noted that the owner is an old Parisien who also mans the kitchen himself. the dining room here is your typical cozy 'real tablecloth' French place, albeit a little tired.
i recently had a marvelous Steak Tartare at lunchtime. the tartare here is a classic take on the dish - no 'nouveau' angle at play, just freshly minced beef with few ingredients. you get that unadulterated 'don't screw with the classics' vibe from it. as you can see the portion was incredibly generous. the accompanying frites were also noteworthy. while i'm sure no French chef would want this comparison in any way, they are McDonald's like in thinness, crispyness and flavour.
for a reasonable $18, with the option to upgrade to a 3 course meal (at lunch!) for only a few dollars more, i think LPdC represents a good balance of value and quality for this traditional French stand-by.
i recently had a marvelous Steak Tartare at lunchtime. the tartare here is a classic take on the dish - no 'nouveau' angle at play, just freshly minced beef with few ingredients. you get that unadulterated 'don't screw with the classics' vibe from it. as you can see the portion was incredibly generous. the accompanying frites were also noteworthy. while i'm sure no French chef would want this comparison in any way, they are McDonald's like in thinness, crispyness and flavour.
for a reasonable $18, with the option to upgrade to a 3 course meal (at lunch!) for only a few dollars more, i think LPdC represents a good balance of value and quality for this traditional French stand-by.
Ashley
We went to this place for dinner back in May this year. We went there because our friend told us this place is a hidden gem. So our group of 8 people went there to try their food.
It was a Thursday night and the restaurant was about 3 to 4 tables full. Only one server and a helper to serve all the tables and the service was a bit slow. However, it was okay for us since we enjoyed our conversation during the dinner time.
I remember I ordered their 4-course Table d'hôte, which includes soup, appetizer, main and dessert from their dessert car). All for $38+tax+tips.
- For the soup, I ordered their Lobster bisque (and few friends ordered their Soup of the day which was Cream of Chicken Soup). The Lobster bisque (see photo) was alright (not the best I've tasted).
- For the appetizer, I ordered green salad with shrimps (friends ordered green salad with sauteed pine nuts and seasonal salad with goat cheese). My appetizer was okay.
- For the main, I had halibut and hubby ordered duck. Friends ordered grilled lamb, or fettuccine pasta with rabbit.
- The dessert from the cart was alright. I picked the cheese cake which was standard cheese cake, nothing fancy.
Overall, I gave this restaurant 3 out of 5. But my friends love this restaurant and told me that they went there for lunch again. They pre-ordered the chicken dish the day before and the food was delicious and tasty. Obviously they like this restaurant very much.