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Still Full: Sunday night prix-fixe at Bibou
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After David Snyder’s glowing July 23 review of Pierre and Charlotte Calmels’ Bibou (1009 S. Eighth St., 215-965-8290) we knew it’d be a good idea to snag a table at the BYO’s weekly prix-fixe as soon as possible. We got in where we fit in last night — and damn are we glad we did.
Every Sunday, the matchbox-size restaurant offers a $45-a-head four-courser — soup, a starter, an entrĂ©e and a dessert (or cheese plate). There’s nothing we can say that David hasn’t already said better in his piece, so we’ll just a) state for the record that everything was ridiculously tasty b) run down what we ordered, in order:
- Bread baked in-house
- Chilled melon soup topped with smoked salmon
- Tripes au gratin (tripe reduced in red wine, topped with breadcrumbs and baked in a tomato-based sauce)
- Fricassée of chanterelle mushrooms
- Pig’s feet, stuffed with foie gras, over French lentils with bacon
- Seared scallops with wild rice, organic swiss chard and a lemon soy emulsion
- Cheese plate
[...] Drew Lazor runs down what he had at his Sunday prix fixe and in addition to still being full the next day he found it “ridiculously tasty.” [Meal Ticket] [...]