On a sunny and hot Saturday afternoon last weekend, I went to my fave French bistro with reasonable prices, Petit Robert Bistro. My mom had specifically requested a desire to try Foie Gras in particular.
We did have to walk through a throng of people heading to the Red Sox's game on a hot humid Saturday afternoon. We finally arrive at 3pm. We are hungry and ready to eat. The dining room is empty but I know that this successful restaurant is usually packed otherwise but not many places at 3pm during a SOX game anyways.
We immediately are seated and have great French bread. I order the vegetable pate, the soup of the day is potato leek or Vichyssoise, Moules Mariniere (mussels) with our main course being a stuffed blue fish with some lobster in it with veggies. But the big reason we are there is the foi gras. First the Vichyssoise comes out. Nice and cool with great potato and leek flavor. Next the Moules Mariniere which my mom is enthusiastic. She comments never having mussels cooked in garlic and white wine sauce before. The vegetable pate does not do much for her or myself. Our fave is the foie gras ($17). We get a generous portion (my mom even wanted to eat the whole dish!!!!). Now she knows the uproar of the taste of foie gras. She likes it but she knows she will not be indulging in it again any time soon.
Our main entree comes out. The blue fish is nicely cooked but the amount of crab meat is laughable! Just teeny tiny bits I would not call "lobster tail" at all. The juliened veggies are nice and not overly cooked but cooked just right.
I do ask what the souffle of the day is which was apricot. After waiting for it a bit of time (made to order) my mom enjoys the lightness and the vanilla sauce that we put a whole in the souffle to pour it in just makes it taste even better.
Mom's faves were the foie gras and the souffle. More the souffle due to the labor and skill involved and it cost $9 but was worth every penny.
I give Petit Robert Bistro (Kenmore) 9 out of 10 forks.
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