Le Pre Verre

July 2, 2008 at 1:12 am | Posted in food | 2 Comments
Tags: food, le pre verre, paris, pbr, restaurant

Nothing like a hot American summer — all coffee coolattas and dq blizzards — to make you yearn for the more refined palate across the ocean.  Looking through my photo stream, I felt a pang of nostalgia for my last meal at Le Pre Verre. What I really love about this restaurant is the way all the flavors are a little unexpected — when you first see them on the menu, it’s hard not to wonder, “will that really be any good?” But once you taste the food, you realize that nothing here is weird for weirdness’s sake. Every dish has been carefully thought out and arranged, and instead of thinking, “how bizarre!” you wind up saying, “why didn’t I think of that?”

Shrimp scampi with an perfectly light green pea “guacamole”.

Tagine of lamb with beet relish.

Marinated strawberries with parsley ice cream, and many more, as always…

But don’t feel too bad for me, missing out on all this fine cuisine — America has its own unique culinary pleasures, and I am making happy re-acquaintance with them:

Thick steaks, buttery corn on the cob, and a PBR to wash it down… life could be worse.

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