Frenchie

Last Friday after class my friend Violet suggested we check out a highly rated restaurant nearby called Frenchie.  It is nearly impossible to get a reservation, but the bar is first come first serve so we decided to just go and see if we could get a drink and an appetizer.  We showed up to the very small restaurant and squeezed into a spot at the bar.  We had just ordered a few glasses of wine when we were approached by a hostess who told us that they had a reservation cancellation at the restaurant if we'd like a table for dinner. We were thrilled! What followed was a truly amazing meal.

We looked at the wine menu for a bit and when we realized we weren't familiar with any of the wines we decided to wing it as usual. We ordered an inexpensive bottle of Côtes du Jura from the list of whites, and it turned out to be fantastic just like every French wine we've ordered. 

As is customary at French restaurants, we were handed a prix fixe menu with a limited choice of appetizers (entrees), main courses (plats) and desserts.  As we were struggling over the options our server asked, in perfect english, "can I help explain it to you?".  It turned out that she was French Canadian, from Montreal, and a fluent English speaker. Our second strike of luck for the evening!

Our first course was fresh crab wrapped with apples and topped with cherries. yum!

Our main course was perfectly cooked cod over a delicious bean salad.

We each ordered a different dessert and shared both. One was cherries over vanilla ice cream, and the other was strawberries and peas on vanilla ice cream. I have no idea how the chef dreamed up peas on ice cream, but it was actually an unusually tasty combination.

After dinner we walked down an alley and into the Experimental Cocktail Club, where we had some delicious cocktails and met up with our classmates.