Paris Bistro

I know that I've neglected my blog, and to my two subscribers I'm so sorry!

So, I went to the Paris Bistro located on 15th and 15th, before I start let me say that I went last fall for my birthday and loved it, and since then they've won "Best Ambiance" from "Salt Lake Magazine" for 2009 and did so without ever advertising with the mag or anywhere for that matter, so natrually I wanted to go back and for a special occasion. I'm just going to go from start to finish just so I don't leave anything out.

7:30 we arrived for our reservation and were seated in a nice booth, it was pretty much full, I've never eaten inside so I looked around and I thought it was really nice, I liked the way they separated tables with tall palms, it was a nice touch, right off the the bat though we were bombarded by the voice of someone two tables down and clearly from Long Island New York, now if you've ever heard someone from Long Island talking I compare it to scratching a chalkboard or any of the Eastern European accents, sorry! anyways, he was practically yelling his conversation and overwhelmed the dining room.

The menu

I tried to distract myself from the retard from New York by going over the menu, it's big with separate specials, wine, and wine by the glass menus. I'm not going to bore you with what was on all of them, just what we ordered.

We started with two glasses of champagne and the Calamari Appetizer, the champagne was great and I think it goes well with calamari. Well the calamari was grilled not breaded and fried which the server let us know (she was great). When it came out, it was 2 or 3 large calamari steaks covered in a pesto aioli and diced tomatoes, it looked like runny guacamole or throw up, it was like eating a shoe, really rubbery, but nothing I couldn't handle, I still ate it.

Second Course, I had the Salad Lyonnaise
(Poached All-Natural Eggs, Frisée, Endive, Radicchio & Arugula, Warm Pancetta, Mustard, Sherry Vinegar & Black Truffle Vinaigrette, and the Lobster Bisque, the salad was the best thing I had all night, the bisque was so bad, it was to the T, just warm clarified butter with lobster flavoring, it made me sad and drove me to drink more.

For dinner we had the Pan-Seared Filet of Black Angus (Laurel Veal Demi-Glace, Pan Roasted Sweetbreads and Porcini Mushrooms, Artichoke Gratin, Watercress) and the Risotto ai Funghi Porcini. I had the filet and it was cooked medium rare like I asked but I couldn't tell if my knife was dull or if the meat was just mad at me but couldn't cut into it very easily, and the sweetbreads (veal thymus glands) on my steak were over cooked, the artichoke gratin was ok. Now the mushroom risotto I'm not even going to waste my time on, it was soup.

Dessert, We had Warm Molten Chocolate Cake (Served with Hazelnut Gelato & Candied Orange) it was a nice end to the meal, granted the retard never shut up thru the two hours we were there.

Overall

I never did come up with some witty way to rate my experience so I'll get on that.

So the ambiance would have been really good except the retard from Long Island.

The food was ok.

The Service was Great.

Would I go back? Sure, if someone else is paying.

Where I'd rather have gone, Fresco or Cafe Madrid.

Next week, The Wild Grape