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| See the tall brown building in the back? I work there! |
The clean, modern décor of the restaurant has a calm, serene sort of appeal, and the ambiance is jazzed up with birch tree trunks and simple, slightly punk wall art. It looks like the complete opposite of Ti Couz, yet Galette 88 started things right by arresting me with the aroma of butter. I smelled butter once I walked through the door, and I loved it.
My lunch of choice: The Lumberjack, a hearty combination of ham, potatoes, onions, crème fraîche, and yummy, oozy taleggio cheese, all wrapped up in a buckwheat crêpe. The crêpe itself is perfect, at least for me... it's soft on one side and slightly crunchy on the other. The potatoes are quite possibly the most precious little taters I have ever eaten... they're not fibrous and super-flavorful like Peruvian potatoes but they are soft and delicate, and frankly buttered well. The ham is not too salty and doesn't overpower the potato-cheese combination. I don't think I had a crêpe this good in Paris (though to be fair, I only ate sweet crêpes in the City of Lights.)
My companions ordered The Other Mushroom with chicken (full of 'shrooms) and Bruce's Choice (a seaworthy offering of smoked salmon served warm.) Each was happy with her choice, except for the addition of chicken to the mushroom crêpe. Speedy noted that the chicken tasted dry, as if it were added at the last minute instead of being blended with the sauce and truffle oil.
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| Clockwise from top left: The Other Mushroom, Bruce's Choice, and The Lumberjack |
The prices aren't bad at all, considering that you get a very filling crêpe, a smattering of greens, and complimentary water sipped out of little canning jars for about $10. But prepare to double that if you order a Kir Royale.
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