Saturday, August 11, 2012

L'Alsace à Table (Strasbourg, FRANCE) ★★★☆☆

We didn't have time for a long dinner tonight so the plan was to slowly walk back to our hotel with hope of finding a casual diner for a quick meal and call it the night. Next thing we knew, we were walking along Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, one of the main roads in central Strasbourg. From there, Jelloman suddenly spotted a chef opening up fresh oysters in the open kitchen of a French bistro called L'Alsace à Table. 


We decided that French oysters would be too good to turn down so we came right in. But an interesting situation was about to develop.

An older gentleman wearing a big smile came up to serve us; but just one problem here. He speaks fluent French and some German but very limited English. And since the food menu was written in French only, it presented us with a huge problem. How do we order from the menu?



After a few rounds of exchange (including some body language) without success, our server suddenly thought of a way. He took off and returned with this......a French-English dictionary! Finally, we were able to order albeit there was a bit of effort involved (with the translating).


Thank goodness we got this one right. 6x Fine De Claire oysters n°4. We forgot to ask about the origin but at this point, we didn't really care. Briny!



Next up was ham and melon, served with a small garden green on top. I haven't had a proper salad all week so this was a nice start to the meal for me.


Pan-seared French duck breast with cherry. There was something I love about the texture and flavor of French duck that I could never put into words. 


Jelloman had a small pasta dish with prawns and tomatoes, tossed in a homemade pesto. And by the time we finished up on our main dishes, it was almost 11:30pm!


Couldn't believe it was already midnight when we walked past Place Kléber, Strasbourg's main square. Luckily, there're only 5 more minutes to go before we reached our hotel.




Food Rating: 5/10
Price: €€
Address: 8 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 8832-5062


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