Le Troquet

Le Troquet Review

A quiet residential street shelters one of the best-value bistros around: prix-fixe menus start at €30 at lunch and rise to €45.50 for a six-course tasting menu (there is no à la carte), but it's the quality, not quantity, that counts. Chef Marc Mouton sends out a changing roster of dishes from the Basque and Béarn regions of southwestern France, and a typical meal might include vegetable soup with foie gras and cream, panfried scallops in crab sauce or axoa de veau (a Basque veal sauté), and a vanilla soufflé with cherry jam. Béarn red wine fills the glasses and happy regulars fill the dining room.