Dinner at Le Bouchon

The other night we dined out at Le Bouchon. For those not familiar you can learn more about them and see their Menu starting at Yelp and their Web site. It's French bistro dining and the menu is loaded full of meaty fare. Why I went here is due to my significant other, who happens to be a big meat eater. More on living with a meat lover later, but he was in the mood so we went.

I've been to Le Bouchon twice before. The first time was before I got bold and started announcing that I am a vegetarian and asking what they could do. Those were the days when I just hunted and picked anything that looked to have an ounce of vegetarianism to it. So I had a salad and their pomme frites, or french fries. Though wonderful, and another weakness of mine in trying to be a healthy vegetarian, I didn't feel like I had many options. The next time I went back I'd emboldened myself and found that the trio of bistro salads and the veggie plate satisfied my needs. This time I had the same and though a bit more creamy than I would like, the trio of beet salad, lentil salad, carrot salad and cabbage salad (cole slaw like) with some greens on top was quite tasty. As was the veggie plate with an interesting tasting roasted endive, haricots vert (green beans - my favorite), snap peas, a roasted tomato on couscous (another fave of mine) and some roasted carrots. It was filling and satisfying.

Prior to ordering my Steve leaned across the table and asked if I'd hate him if he got the rabbit. He felt a rabbit would be harder for me to deal with than any other meat. Not really so, it's all meat to me. So he got the rabbit, as shown in the picture here and escargot and enjoyed them both.

For dessert we got the profiteroles shown in the picture as well. Puff pastries, chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream, all quite tasty. My intention was just to share a bit of his and then perhaps stop at Black Dog Gelato on the way out to get some tasty unique flavored sorbet, but I indulged in the profiteroles more than I had intended to.

Photo from the Le Bouchon Web site home page.