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Must need a pretty big casserole for cow au vin

It's made in the style of drunken shrimp so no casserole is needed.

Isn't this boeuf bourguignon?    Soufflés may be the single biggest reason I don't want old-school French restaurants to disappear.

I guess I am not breaking news here, but I was looking around for classic French below the four star level, and really there’s only Le Coucou. With La Grenouille closed for the summer, every last one has gone, including hotel dining rooms. Am I forgetting somewhere?

Majorelle, in the Lowell Hotel.

 

We’ve been several times. Love it! Civilized, comfortable dining in a beautiful space with G.M. Charles Masson’s signature floral arrangements. Needless to say, delicious cuisine! The menu was composed of classic French + some Moroccan dishes. However, last month, they announced the appointment of a new French e.c. He has revised the menu, and it’s now completely French. (We have’t been since he took over.) Tonight is the last service before vacation closing. Reopening after Labor Day.

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Probably as well.

 

I did go to Perrine at the Pierre. The room is still lovely, the food is only okay. How can the leg meat be the only part of a duck a l’orange you can mess up? Good skin, good breast, good sauce; leg meat dry (it’s duck!).

 

The people watching is incredible: “Bring another chair for the Baronness.”

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Perrine perhaps is not booming. I ordered two wines BTG, a Mumm and the Sommelier’s choice pricy 2006 Corton; and in each case they opened a fresh bottle for me. I thought the latter would be on a Coravin. Hope the kitchen drank it up.

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The Majorelle menu has some Grenouille classics. On the online menu, at least, they are not adding supplements for foie gras, lobster, or even the cheese, which makes the fixed price more conscionable.

There is (and always has been) a supplement for the soufflés: $7. Prior to the new chef arrival, there was only the 3-course prix-fixe. Now, there is also the 2-course option, and they’ve added the 5-course Menu Dégustation.

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...I did go to Perrine at the Pierre. The room is still lovely, the food is only okay. How can the leg meat be the only part of a duck a l’orange you can mess up? Good skin, good breast, good sauce; leg meat dry (it’s duck!).

The people watching is incredible: “Bring another chair for the Baronness.”

Never been there. If I knew about it, it’s been completely forgotten. The menu doesn’t look particularly French to me. And there’s no duck à l’orange listed on the website.

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