It might take forever but Adam Erace finds that Cafe L’Aube is worth the wait.

Feather-light and tissue-thin, L’Aube’s lovely crepes washed out the bad taste. Cooked on a traditional circular griddle, blended wheat and buckwheat batters formed the sweet and savory canvases for ham, mushrooms and Swiss; sliced turkey, crushed walnuts and a drizzle of honey; simple cinnamon-sugar brightened with lemon; and the classic crepe trio: strawberries, bananas and the cure to all the world’s problems, Nutella.

Daily Grind [Philadelphia Weekly]
Cafe L’Aube [Official Site]

Wo! Wild boar pot pie. That’s just one of the new items on Cochon’s winter menu. Check it all out after the jump.

In October Cochon offered a 4 courses for $35 chef-tasting menu as part of their anniversary month. It was such a success they are continuing with the offer.

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Much like last week’s review by Trey Popp, Craig LaBan finds some missteps in the entrees at Bistrot La Minette but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t find plenty to like at the French bistro.

But there were also plenty of bright spots to overcome these hesitations, especially in the menu’s first half. A complimentary amuse-bouche is always a thoughtful start, and few morsels make me as happy as a good gougère, a little pastry puff filled with warm cheese-scented air. At my second meal, a silky dollop of salmon rillettes was equally welcoming.

We then dove into some beautifully rendered appetizers. The succulent sweetness of seared scallops played against the tangy bitterness of Belgian endive braised in orange juice. The Alsatian-style flammenküche, a crisp flatbread topped with deeply caramelized onions, chewy bacon lardons, and nutmeg-scented streaks of creme fraiche, is hands down one of the better upscale “pizzas” in town.

Two Bells - Very Good

Bistrot La Minette [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Bistrot La Minette [Official Site]

It seems just about everyone is doing a prix fixe deal of a menu, they’re starting to all blur together but this one stands out. Available Monday through Thursday, $100 gets you dinner for two at Le Bec Fin.

Menu after the jump.

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Trey Popp finds that two out of three ain’t bad when it comes to dinner at Bistrot La Minette.

In restaurants as in theater, the first and third acts frequently bring more excitement than the second. At La Minette, the gulf was particularly wide. My salmon tartare starter was absolutely inspired. A disc of rose-petal-hued fish studded with an earthy mosaic of lentils got a third dimension from the blood-orange vinaigrette pooled at its edges — and a fourth from tiny diced cornichons that danced a briny jig on my tongue. That Alsatian flammenküche featured caramelized onions, recalling its Mediterranean cousin, pissaladière, but a touch of crème fraîche solidified its northern European provenance.

Any Minette [City Paper]
Bistrot La Minette [Official Site]

We’ve been waiting for Craig LaBan’s review of Parc since we first walked into the din back in July. And of course there were complaints about the noise, the lukewarm mussels and latte but LaBan found enough to like to present Stephen Starr’s French Bistro with two bells.

Two Bells - Very Good

Parc [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Parc [Official Site]

Adam Erace visits 6th and Bainbridge and the latest bit of France in the area, Bistrot La Minette.

Meats are sourced from D’Artagnan, and [owner Peter] Woolsey shines brightest when cooking them. Whether it’s the crisp-skinned duck a l’orange with sunchokes and broccoli; the gloriously charred, hand-butchered, grass-fed rib eye; or the falling-apart lamb shank braised for three hours in the Gascony style with carrots, turnips, tomatoes, anchovies and gobs of red wine, he possesses a to-the-millisecond intuition for exactly when to pull cuts from the stove and the stock pot.

Bistrot La Minette [Philadelphia Weekly]
Bistrot La Minette [Official Site]

Cochon is celebrating their 1st anniversary all October with a $35 four-course pork menu. Yes, even a pork dessert.

The menu will change weekly, after the jump find the menu for the week of October 7th.

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David McDuff heads to Ansill Food+Wine because Sunday night is Pif night. The prix fixe menu includes the best of David Ansill’s now shuttered French BYOB, Pif.

And McDuff points out, if everyone at your table orders the prix fixe menu it becomes even more like Pif, as corkage fees are waived.

Pif Night at Ansill [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]
Ansill Food+Wine [Official Site]

Parc is now serving breakfast Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 11am.

It seems like a perfectly civilized way to start the day.

Parc Breakfast Menu (PDF)