where to find good cassoulet in manhattan?
very difficult to find a (French) restaurant that serves a good (& proper) Cassoulet! any suggestions, s'il vous plaît?
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18 Comments:
i like the one at zucco's on orchard street....tiny place though.
lisabnyc at 5:21PM on 12/08/06
Balthazar's plat du jour on Sundays is cassoulet. I haven't had it, but the co-chefs there Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr both trained at Daniel, so they should know their way around cassoulet.
Ed Levine at 6:21PM on 12/08/06
On my first date with Craig, my boyfriend, I had cassoulet at Lucien in the East Village. I recommend it highly, but I don't recommend having cassoulet on a first date. All those beans do not romance make.
Adam Roberts at 8:52PM on 12/08/06
appreciate the comments:
a) won't go to zucco, had a bad experience & will NOT support his
obnoxiousness. have written several reviews of this place via nytimes,
nymag, etc - a very bad guy! who is incredibly customer-UNfriendly. i
hope more people would NOT go & support a jerk like this, but i
realistically know it probably won't affect.....
b) thx ed; assume the co-chef's are rarely there(??); as well as EVERY
time i go, it is still mobbed!!!! maybe when Keith's new Italian rest.
opens, the crowds will gravitate to the village(???)
c) Lucien is claustrophobic, as well as being a little too faux French; cute,
but decidedly very very American.
BY NO MEANS should the above comments be construed as being unappreciative OR critical of the authors, only my experiences at the above-mentioned restaurants.
any others????
baruch at 4:56PM on 12/09/06
My husband, the cassoulet addict, thinks the version at Gascogne is excellent. That's as it should be, I think, since the restaurant features the cuisine of that eponymous region in France where cassoulet is a major dish.
RGR at 7:32PM on 12/09/06
damn, RGR - i walked past just LAST nite!! if i had known, thx to u, i would have tried - thx
baruch at 8:05PM on 12/09/06
additionally, have "heard", but not had, the cassoulet at Cosette on e33rd (nr 3rd av) & at Capsouto Frères in TriBeCa
baruch at 8:17PM on 12/09/06
What's cassoulet?
Myszka at 11:06PM on 12/10/06
that's why "google" is so successful - try it, then reformulate your question!!!!
baruch at 11:52AM on 12/11/06
But it's easier to type it here.
Myszka at 6:11PM on 12/11/06
Cassoulet is a classic, wintertime, dirty-knuckles, French dish, typically served in an oval-shaped dish that's been baked with beans, duck confit, sausages and some old calf shoe leather for body. (I keed, I keed) Really, it's a great dish during cool weather, and if Gasgogne is still slinging these days, I recommend theirs. Bring an appetite!
Sandro at 9:06AM on 12/12/06
I have had the Cassoulet at Les Halles and thought it was spectacular. The duck confit and pork belly are outstanding. I am getting hungry just thinking about it.
EatWisconsin at 12:30PM on 12/12/06
EatWI: have u tried the cassoulet at Cosette (very nr to Les Halles)? or, as per above - Gascogne or, Lucien or Balthazar? --- for comparative purposes
baruch at 2:06PM on 12/12/06
My husband had the cassoulet at Cosette. It was not a classic version, i.e., a casserole; instead, it was more of a soup with cassoulet ingredients.
At LCB Brasserie (fka La Cote Basque), chef/owner Jean-Jacques Rachou has been turning out French classics for years. Of course, my husband did not pass up the opportunity to have the cassoulet there and said it did not disappoint.
RGR at 4:49PM on 12/12/06
merci beaucoup RGR - "sounds like" your husband should be contributing since he is the cassoulet "expert"/taster - just kidding, thx for your suggestions, look forward to visiting your above-named places!!!
baruch at 5:05PM on 12/12/06
@Sandro: Thanks! That was so much better than Google.
Myszka at 12:15AM on 12/13/06
Baruch - I have only been to Manhattan three times so I haven't had a chance to check out Cosette, Lucien, Balthazar, or Gascigne but I appreciate the suggestions and will keep them in mind next time I visit. I especially would like to try Balthazar. I was impressed with Les Helles version but I am comparing that to the cassoulet that I can get here in the Midwest (Wisconsin/Illinois), none of which even comes close to the stuff offered at Les Halles. Pork Belly??? I don't think there is a place in Wisconsin that even serves it (if there is someone should let me know), so you can see where I am coming from.
EatWisconsin at 4:33PM on 12/13/06
i second the vote for zucco's 'le french diner'
the word yes at 12:19PM on 12/20/06