Pierrot Bistrot Francais

Pierrot Bistrot Francais ($$$$) French, Bistro

272 Cambridge St, Boston 02114 (At Anderson St) Phone: 617-725-8855

Last night, I went to Pierrot Bistrot in Beacon Hill area less than two blocks from Charles MGH Redline stop. It was a lovely evening and I was greated by the friendly host. I mentioned I was early but he showed me to my seat with flourish and the majority of the staff is French.

I started off with delightfully warm crusty french bread. I had a few slices of it. Once my friend NT arrived, then we ordered. I got the the House Pate and she got the Salmon Trio. The pate consisted of two big pieces and a cute 3 mini bowl of the side dishes came along with a small side salad. It was well done and when paired with the mustard seed it was lovely. My friend enjoyed her salmon---one was smoked, salmon mousse and I was not sure what the third one was on her plate. For our entree course, she got the shrimp, crabmeat stuffed avocado and I got the duck confit.

The duck leg was great with tons of flavor over beans. I really enjoyed it. NT liked the lightness of her dish and the combo with crabmeat and shrimp were a nice accent to the cool day. For our finale, I got the fromage plate and she got the chocolate mousse. I had four different French cheeses (hard, soft and one blue cheese) and as Anthony Bourdain says, it must be stinky and one of them certainly fit the bill. It was good though. The chocolate mousse had quality dark chocolate and it was not too airy and light with all the cream but it tasted wonderful.

*Cute space and it filled up really fast during dinner time. My friend spent time in Paris and loved this place. The host was very charming. We had to flag down the help to tell them we were ready to order (after putting down our menus and not looking at it for quiet a bit of time.) But our waters were filled and they were attentive about it.

I give Pierrot 8 forks out of 10 forks.