Two incredible meals — One great day
Today was a very successful day. Not only have I decided to go out and look for a new apartment but I had two amazing meals. They were not only delicious but very reasonably priced. The day started out at Creperie Beaumonde…
The crêpes at this place were nothing out of the ordinary at first glance. They came out piping hot within 15 minutes of ordering and they were laid out on a simple plate with a little bit of the filling in the center of the crêpe. As soon as we cut them open, we found that they were far from ordinary. The filling in each of the tasty dishes that we ordered were full of flavor, character and a slight made-in-mom’s kitchen taste. Alex got the chicken fricassee with poached egg and creme fraiche. He seemed to enjoy it very much as you can see. I’ll have to give that one a shot next time. See more after the jump.
Magda got the ratatouille with roasted eggplant, onion, zucchini, red peppers & tomatoes. Ratatouille comes from the French touiller — to toss food. That’s exactly what Beaumonde had in mind. They had the perfect blend of cooked, tender vegetables and and their own juices reduced and poured back over the vegetables to create a delicious, vegetarian dish. Unfortunately, Magda housed that dish and we didn’t even get a shot of it.
I decided on the coq au vin. This had “chicken stewed with red wine, baby onions, mushrooms, carrots, and pancetta,” according to the menu. I wasn’t sure that I tasted or even noticed the pancetta in this dish but even without it I couldn’t have asked for a better blend of vegetables and meat. The chicken practically fell apart with the touch of a fork. The red wine in the dish was a little strong but the buckwheat crêpe helped to curb some of the strong wine taste. This meal would have to get 3 cheesesteaks in my book.
3 out of 4 Cheesesteaks!
Finally we ended with a shared fresh seasonal berries dish. It was filled with all the berries of the season — or so they said. It did have raspberries, blueberries blackberries & strawberries. The dish was supposed to be topped with Chantilly creme but we opted for the creme on the side due to my lactardedness. After the burning in our mouths subsided we devoured the dish in record time. Each fruit and flavor complemented the next until we finished the plate and then I practically licked the powdered sugar off the dish. Unfortunately for you guys, the dish was so good we didn’t get a picture until we were done. Maybe next time. This dish got 4 cheesesteaks in my book — the highest rating I can give!
4 out of 4 Cheesesteaks!
All-in-all, I would tip this restaurant 20% for brunch. The menu’s prices were decent. Some of the crêpes have a little high additional item charge but the dishes themselves were a great deal.
I’ll make sure to get up a review of the second restaurant, DeLuca’s Villa di Roma as soon as I get some of the pictures in from dinner. I think that thanks to Bart that meal may have been the first of many Can You Eat Monthly Dinner Club dinners… We’ll see what we can do.
Till next time, keep enjoying great eats and great prices!
20% out of 25% of a tip
December 31st, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Ah, I have been meaning to take Thad to BeauMonde! I loved their crepes, both sweet and savory…
Wish I had known about Villa di Roma, sounds like it was a lot of fun!
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Angie, anytime you guys want to hit up the Beau, let me know.
It was an amazing place and the crêpes were out of this world. Villa di Roma was great and I hope to get the review up with pictures soon.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Beau Monde is also one of my favorites. Scrumptious!