Posted By: cl-trudyxxx on
We have just come back from our holiday in France - our last for at least 2.5 years :() - and I have read about those little finds you discover when on holiday, be it somewhere to stay, eat or just wander along looking at taking ion the atmosphere. We found that little somewhere to eat. Chez Micheline.
I shall copy and paste an email portion I sent a good friend of mine .....
On the Friday and second Wednesday we had dinner in a little tiny restaurant called Chez Micheline. I had read about this place on places such as Trip advisor and wanted to try it out as the food was, apparently, good but cheap.
The food is better than good and better than cheap, it’s dirt cheap. And my God it tastes so bloody good! Dunno what they teach them in France but they sure do know how to love and cook their food.
The place is different, very different. Imagine an old French 70's disco song video – all blue lame trousers, tight t-shirt and Freddie Mercury tash – and you have the owner. See Renee from ‘Allo ‘Allo – his double is behind the bar and then imagine gold chinz curtains, cobwebs on the lighting fixtures and wonky tables, very old light switches and even older light bulbs, gaudy table cloths, naff linen feel paper napkins and mix matched cutlery and you have Chez Micheline. It is in the back of a Tabac. The floor has more nicotine stains than anywhere I have ever seen although it doesn’t smell of fags, and seems to attract gay looking biker types into its drinking area but the atmosphere is so good! The owner is very French and very friendly. Speaks good English and is very welcoming. French air kisses galore but he doesn’t make you feel uncomfy at all. The food is so delish. We had starter, steak and a pudding (all 3 of us) plus 2/3rds of a bottle of wine (50 cl which gave me 5 glasses). The glasses were slightly smaller than UK ones but big enough. Livvy had coke (naughty mummy) and Pete had 2 pints and we paid less than £50 for the lot. Steak and chips was €6 which is around £5.50. And it’s a decent sized steak too. They have a pretty varied menu for starters and mains but the desert menu was ice cream or ice cream. There was homemade Creme Brulee or Apple tart but the rest was from a Carte D’Or menu which seems to be pretty much staple of most smaller eateries out there, or at least the cafe type places. The chips are cooked as you order, not cooked then re-heated or kept warm, so they actually taste good. I even tried the frogs legs lol. Taste a bit like chicken J. They were pretty good actually. There aren’t many Frenchmen who eat them regularly, and they are not on many menus but I think CM tries to cater for the English market as well as the locals. Lots of heathen Brits when in France do, as they think, the French do and eat snails and frogs legs J. The only food that the French do eat everyday and is part of the staple diet, or so it seems, is bread, or more precisely, baguettes and lots of them too.
You would not look at the outside of this restaurant and imagine in your wildest dreams that the food they serve could be so very good. If you happen to be in this area ever (Berny Riviere, Vic-Sur-Aisne) and want a good, home cooked, tasty but cheap meal, shout - I have the address here.
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