L'Entrecote
Where? L'Entrecote (Toulouse, France) Map Menu
When? Monday May 8, 2017
Who? Me
Food Style? French Steakhouse
The restaurant hasn't opened yet but there is a line of people outside waiting to get in. The reviews for this place swing wildly between "this is the best steak ever" and "I can't believe I waited in line for this rubbish", so I'm here to see for myself, and also partially because I want more steak since last night's was so small. They have one dish at this restaurant - l'entrecôte - so they better do it well!
The important question is how do I want my steak cooked. In French, the term "medium rare" doesn't quite translate perfectly. Medium rare is somewhere around Saignant (bloody, slightly less rare than Bleu) and À Point (perfectly cooked, similar to how the Italians say al dente for their pasta). À Point will still be quite pink on the inside, erring to rare more than medium, but probably slightly more medium than Saignant. I've chosen À Point, hopefully my pronunciation is good enough!
Entree
Salad with nuts
A simple salad of lettuce and walnut begins the meal. Nice and crispy, and well dressed. All the salads in France are well dressed. Walnuts are on point.
Mains
Steak with fries and our famous sauce
My steak and fries appear. I'm slightly sad about the portion size...
But then the rest of the steak appears. We're good. This is decent. The meat is superb, cooked perfectly - à point! - with a nice pink hue in the middle. It's covered in a delicious sauce, which I hear is a closely guarded secret in the restaurant. It's full of oil and garlic, perhaps with a bit of mustard or ginger, but it works very well with both the meat and the fries, and amazingly with the baguette on the side.
I am well sated. That was a good steak! I am coaxed into dessert by the waitress (not really). I've chosen the chocolate vacherin and I don't know what that is. The waitress tries her best to explain it, and there's meringue, chocolate sauce, praline and ice cream. Sweet, sounds good! I'll give it a go.
Dessert
Le vacherin au chocolat
This hilariously massive tower of meringue and chocolate appears. I'm so amused that I literally laugh out loud. It's very rich and sweet but after a single glass of that delicious Bordeaux Rouge, I do not care. I power through, it's so much. A little kid walks by and stares at the dessert with his mouth wide open. I hope you get one too, random little kid.
Posted by Jeremy at 8:39pm on Friday June 9, 2017 :: 0 comments :: 