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Post by sistereurope on Dec 30, 2008 10:24:05 GMT -5
Getting back to your question Shoesy...I will attempt to describe the texture of a souffle...hmm, I guess to me that a savory souffle tastes like an omelet and has a consistency that is somewhere between an omelet and a meringue, like you would find on a lemon meringue pie. Or perhaps you can imagine the lightest-ever scrambled eggs, with whatever flavor added (mushroooms or ham and/or cheese, etc. ) Of course the dessert souffles are sweet so they don't have that omelet-like taste...in fact they taste more meringue-y. When you get them in a resturant they come in individual souffle dishes and have a kind of heavier "crust" on the top, that you break with your spoon...that's the most fun part! Of course that could be they way I see them and I could be way off base. ;D In any event we love them and just made a scallop one last week!
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Post by Jody on Dec 30, 2008 10:40:48 GMT -5
Shoesy, yes several times. He like a bit more substance in his food!
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Post by Shoesy on Dec 30, 2008 10:56:39 GMT -5
Thanks, Sis. I think your description has lots of substance, which souffles apparently lack according to Demarais' DH. ;D
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Post by sistereurope on Dec 30, 2008 10:59:56 GMT -5
thanks Shosey! I think I'm gonna hafta go on down there to FL and make demarais' husband one of my souffles made with our homegrown eggs...I bet I can change his mind!!! ;D
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Post by Roniece on Dec 31, 2008 4:30:47 GMT -5
hmmm... ok, well can I please place a request for you to 'drop by down under' and treat me to you special homegrown eggs and souffle? pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee.. you know I don't do kitchens sister so a little pity on me would go down well love Roniece xxx Happy New Year!! xxx
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Post by sistereurope on Dec 31, 2008 13:50:07 GMT -5
Oh roniece, I would LOVE to drop in down under someday! I'd be more than honored to make you any kind of souffle you like!! What ingredients would a down under version include?!?! Maybe we can suggest a new recipe to La Cigale Recamier ;D
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Post by phread on Jan 1, 2009 5:09:56 GMT -5
I used to dine weekly at La Cigale before it moved to the Recamier address and continued to go there regularly for several years. I have not been to LS, so can not recommend on over the other. I can say that LCR always has a fresh market menu with excellent fish options for non-souffle fans and lamb chops are a standard on the the menu. I am not a fan of their choc souffle, but LOVE their seasonal fruit souffles (changes monthly with the seasons) and their mushroom souffle was exceptional!!!
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Post by Happygoin on Jan 2, 2009 16:16:33 GMT -5
Not to veer too far off topic...but Sistereurope, is the scallop recipe you make the one from Julia Child? She has one in the Julia and Jacques Cook at Home cookbook that I've always meant to try. Is it wonderful?
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Post by sistereurope on Jan 3, 2009 9:30:46 GMT -5
Well happy, the topic is souffles, and actually we prefer Jacques recipe, so it's also French! Although sometimes we borrow some aspects of Julia's. Jacques' recipe doesn't require a collar, which to me is just too stuffy! ;D
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Post by Jody on Feb 5, 2009 8:02:17 GMT -5
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Post by Shoesy on Feb 5, 2009 8:28:32 GMT -5
The food is obviously VERY good because this guy seems to be willing to return despite the lousy service.
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Post by phread on Feb 5, 2009 8:34:56 GMT -5
I'd say they were having a staffing issue because the only "waitress" in the joint is the owners wife and she generally does not serve, just seats. Otherwise, strictly male staff and all of them have been working there for years.
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Post by luckyluc on Feb 5, 2009 8:50:37 GMT -5
I like how at the end of the review, after the métro stop they put the location of the nearest vélib station.
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Post by Laidback on Feb 5, 2009 9:19:51 GMT -5
This restaurant is now run by the soufflé people who used to own La Cigale on Rue Chomel. When the patron of the pretty restaurant Le Récamier retired, his son didn't wish to continue, so it was sold to the Cigale couple and they merged the names and continue to specialise in soufflés but have a full menu as well. The setting is lovely, right on the little Sq. Chaise-Récamier, but the restaurant is completely different from it's decades as Le Récamier
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Post by cigalechanta on Feb 5, 2009 11:07:02 GMT -5
I ate there too many moons ago . and sitting in that impasse was a joy. At the time it attracted a the fashion crowd. Alot of buyers stayed in the building.
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Post by phread on Feb 5, 2009 11:25:51 GMT -5
Lagerfeld would rent it out for one night ever fashion week and hold a private party there when it was Le Recamier. Don't think he has done that since Idoux moved in. But it is very popular with the literary luminaries in the city.
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Post by Shoesy on Feb 5, 2009 23:28:33 GMT -5
Well, both La Cigale Recamier and Le Souffle seem to be good restaurants, and I may have to resort to "Eeny, meeny, miny, mo" in order to decide which one to go to. ;D
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