One would go to La Mangeoire with high expectations considering the place is Christian Delouvrier's. Mr Delouvrier used to be in charge of Lespinasse, has once received a four star review from the NY Times and has written a terrific cookbook (which one should own if only for the risotto recipe).
This however is just plain bistro grub, a good enough coq au vin, a mediocre vichyssoise full of butter, a cauliflower gratin so rich one tastes mainly the comte cheese but not the cauliflowers.
All in all, most of the dishes were lukewarm and inconsistently cooked. Maybe the kitchen was busy that evening, maybe we need to try again, but this was, if not an outright disappointment, then at least a let down.
This however is just plain bistro grub, a good enough coq au vin, a mediocre vichyssoise full of butter, a cauliflower gratin so rich one tastes mainly the comte cheese but not the cauliflowers.
All in all, most of the dishes were lukewarm and inconsistently cooked. Maybe the kitchen was busy that evening, maybe we need to try again, but this was, if not an outright disappointment, then at least a let down.
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