Mim’s Meals: Hoppin’ around in my belly
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
(3 out of 5 hot dogs)
Loading ...Le Veau D’or
129 E 60th (btn Park and Lexington)
Time: Everyday (Closed Sundays)
Price: Breadbasket, Appetizer, Entrée, Dessert, $25+
For the third installment of Mim’s meals, we wanted to switch it up, so we went to (surprise!) a French restaurant on the upper east side. When we opened the front d’or, it was like opening a time capsule, where the décor and food hasn’t changed since the 1930’s when Le Veau opened. Robert, the elderly owner sits in the front both overseeing, while his daughter (played by Juliette Binoche in ‘Mim’s Meals: the Movie’) cheerfully works the floor. Mim and I both started with the onion soup. I don’t consider soup a real food, and don’t usually waste my time with it. But the this soup… Out. Of. This. World. I could eat it seven days a week. I leaped at the opportunity to order frogs’ legs ($28) for my entrée, and they didn’t disappoint, all sauteed and garlicky and such. Mim had the coq au vin ($25), which was also top-notch. For dessert we had parfait au rhum, which was coffee ice cream with rum in it. We, of course, told our server to go heavy on the rum, so he brought us the whole bottle to pour as we pleased.
Yes, this meal is a little pricier than a typical special, and I was fully prepared to dish out two, or even one hotdogs, but the service and cuisine was so generous, I also must be.