Thursday, August 7, 2014

Bistrot Terroir Parisien

*Disclaimer: I normally do not write restaurant reviews, but i was so disappointed by this restaurant i wanted to share my opinion*  
When I walked into Bistrot Terroir Parisien it was empty. My party had an early lunch reservation, but by the time I left every table was full. My party was seated at the bar, giving us a perfect view of the kitchen. The meal started with a classic velouté based soup. It was a pumpkin soup garnished with Viltain farm fresh cream, which was terribly under seasoned. There were no salt or pepper available at the bar, forcing me to have to request it from the wait staff. It was a horrific service oversight.  For our next course we received a dish called Petites endives au jambon.
It was composed of chicory ham, endive, and a white cheese sauce.  It was all right, but in no way could be passed off as an entrée. The ham was sliced very thinly and the bitterness of the endive and the richness of the sauce took over, making the ham barley noticeable. After the lack of satisfying savory food dessert was served. Dessert was one of the restaurants well known dishes, a Pomme Pomme Girl. The dessert consisted of several types of assorted cooked apples. It tasted as if it was supposed to be warmed, but instead was slightly above room temperature. It was not impressive in the least. Overall Bistrot Terroir Parisien was a disappointment, the service and the food where nowhere near where a 1 Michelin Start restaurant should be.
Note after dinning here in January 2014 the restaurant has lost their Michelin Star.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Introduction

As many may have guessed this is a blog about food. I love every aspect of food and have devoted my life to studying it. Directly after high school I attended the Culinary Institute of America and got my Culinary Arts Associates degree and my Culinary Arts Management Bachelors degree. As a recent graduate I am taking time off to travel before I decide on a job.
I love sharing my passion for food with others! I will share some of my past culinary adventures, current culinary experiments, while moving toward a future in a magazine test kitchen. I hope others enjoy my work as much as I enjoy writing it!
Keep savouring on!