Entrecôte! (C'est quoi exactement?)

Today, I discovered that bottomless fries, something I thought existed only in America, nay, only at Red Robin's, are also available in France!!!!!!!!!!! Two of my friends who I hadn't seen for a while organized lunch at this nice restaurant downtown. They chose it because 1) there's always a line out the door, and 2) they had heard of these telltale unlimited french fries. It turned out to be quite the experience.

I was a little late (okay, pretty late), so when I got there, they were already at the door to get in. But it was weird because when they let us in (only one party at a time from outside), it was just to stand inside the door and wait some more. And then to stand upstairs in a hallway and wait. And then to stand inside the upstairs dining room to wait. Eventually after all these intermediary holding cells, we actually got a table. There's only one thing on the menu, so ordering was easy! The only meal they serve is entrecôte and fries. I guess entrecôte is some kind of steak, but none of us were really sure, and internet searches proved inconclusive.

Whatever it is, it's good! Since everyone orders the same thing, they brought our food pretty fast. When we first saw our plates, we were like, these are the incredible portions everyone's talking about?? Oh, France! But then they swiftly brought out this giant heated plate of meat for the center of the table. And refilled our fries like every 10 minutes. It was crazy! The steak was really good and tender, and covered in this buttery sauce that was probably really unhealthy, but was delicious. And the fries were pretty good too! Sadly, ketchup is not really a thing here, but they were good on their own. They call this type of fries "allumettes," which means matchsticks because they're so thin. OMG, I ate so many because they just kept piling them onto my plate, and then I had to eat the new ones because they were so warm and crispy. At least they gave us salad before the main course...

Anyways, it was weird to have such huge portions because usually French restaurants actually give you just single portions, not enough for like three people, like restaurants back home do. That, plus all the fries, gave the restaurant a bit of an American feel!

I left filled with that warm feeling you can only get from a good steak slathered in melted butter. À bientôt!