Writing about it in Tender at the Bone, I called the restaurant where I learned to waitress "L'Escargot". But it was, in reality, La Seine, and it was one of the most extraordinary restaurants I've ever encountered. It was a dream of a place, that tried to offer the best of everything to a city unprepared to dine on Limoges or drink from Baccarat. As I remember it - can this be true?- the silver chandelier had once belonged to the Prince of Wales. The chef was "a real Frenchman" who had worked with the legendary Henri Charpentier (who invented crepes Suzettes and wrote a wonderful autobiography,
Truly Vintage
Truly Vintage
Truly Vintage
Writing about it in Tender at the Bone, I called the restaurant where I learned to waitress "L'Escargot". But it was, in reality, La Seine, and it was one of the most extraordinary restaurants I've ever encountered. It was a dream of a place, that tried to offer the best of everything to a city unprepared to dine on Limoges or drink from Baccarat. As I remember it - can this be true?- the silver chandelier had once belonged to the Prince of Wales. The chef was "a real Frenchman" who had worked with the legendary Henri Charpentier (who invented crepes Suzettes and wrote a wonderful autobiography,