Le Crocodile

[Sneakeater]

Just ask them where they sourced it.

[Orik]

Well at least when they comp me coke I'll know if it's Mexican. 

[Sneakeater]

Easy piecey

[taion]

Enjoyable meal here. Finally found the blanquette de veau I’ve been craving for years. My wife’s halibut was sort of boring though. Tables fairly small. Odd that they make you use the same dirty knife for both starters and mains. The rare place where the mains seemed more interesting than the starters.

[Orik]

I feel like this would all be fine at around 40% of current prices. 

eta: congrats

eta2: I hope the knife was clean at first, at least ours were

[Chambolle]

So I’m going to proceed logically here … meal = enjoyable … assuming blanq de v AND  halibut are mains … blanq de v could be construed to be interesting AND halibut = boring … calculating => mains = 1 interesting, 1 boring … assuming 2 starters … mains seem MORE interesting than starters, hence  … calculating => both starters would then need to be boring … recapping => meal = enjoyable AND 3 boring dishes with 1 interesting main

Conclusion => Hey, taion, so am I correct that you now seem to enjoy boring food in your old age ?

P.S. How many taionites are you chasing around the house nowadays ?

[Orik]

Well right now there´s a seat empty Saturday at 8:30 so you can just take it. 

Otherwise you need a secret hand gesture, yes. 

[taion]

We had the scallop crudo, the mushroom pate, and the escargot, which were all pretty good. The annoying thing is that almost everything in the “entree” section was a salad, and life’s too short to eat salads.

[Chambolle]

1 hour ago, Orik said:

Well right now there´s a seat empty Saturday at 8:30 so you can just take it.

Saturday is no good for me, sadly … but thanks 

 

[Wilfrid]

That blanquette is good.

The chicken looks unexpectedly desirable too.

[Wilfrid]

There are chanterelles on the menu now and rabbit with cream and truffles boudin blanc.

[Neocon maudit]

Blanquette de veau! Wilf, if you can recall Le Philosophe's version [the last I had? OMG], how would you compare?

[Sneakeater]

I've had both.  Le Crocodile's is better and more traditional (not trying to be "light").

[Neocon maudit]

LOL I think I'm going to urge the pater to dine here. They can seat six.

I always did love Reynard's Chartier-in-Williamsburg space. Le Crocodile's wine list seems more conventionally French, at least the reds. I see one can obtain ten-year old Mouton here for deux mille dollars. 🙃

[Wilfrid]

1 hour ago, Neocon maudit said:

Blanquette de veau! Wilf, if you can recall Le Philosophe's version [the last I had? OMG], how would you compare?

The only complaint anyone could have about Le C’s version is that it is fatty (veal breast probably): I loved that.

I don’t recall it at Le Philosophe, but I have bad memories of a watery version at Tuen Ho’s Montmartre.