Whether raw and bloody in the humblest roadside café or crowned with foie gras in a Michelin starred restaurants, steak frite is the official comfort food of France. The plat du jour that never fails to satisfy, the benchmark by which all restaurants can be measured - if they can’t cook a steak frite what hope is there for a saffron scented rissotto?

So today the Extremely Pale Rose website is launching a quest for the restaurant serving Provence’s best steak frite. What are we looking for? Whether it’s a thin well trimmed entrecote, the chunky couer of a rump steak or the aforementioned fillet and foie gras, it must be cooked to perfection, and hung for so long that the flies are no longer interested.


Let the quest begin.

Friday 25 January 2008

Contender 1 Cafe L'Ormeau - Lourmarin

A classic café steak frite. An entrecote that fills three quarters of your plate, and a mound of thin fries in the remaining space. Dripping in meat juices with a gamey flavour that makes me think the cow was roaming wild in the Luberon before falling victim to the morning chasse. The terrace is perfect for people watching, particularly on Sunday on the stroke of 3 when a stampede of Parisians rushes to catch the last TGV home.

Marks out of 10.

Steak: 9

Frites: 8

Terrace: 8

Av. Steak frite quest score - 8.3/10
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