Sure, it's silly to gush about a Croque Madame in Paris, I realize that. It's like going to NY and taking photos of fries and getting excited. After all, it's just an open-faced ham and melted cheese sandwich with an over easy egg on top. However, a few days back I stumbled into a superb one. So absolutely terrific that I crowed about it to Pingles and told her I planned to go back as soon as possible. Today was the day. It didn't quite work out as expected though....
I went with a few co-workers and we settled into the cozy back room of this charming brasserie. I didn't even look at the menu and convinced a French colleague to get one as well. When it arrived it looked a bit different from the one I had a few days back. The first bite revealed it to be overcooked, the bread overly toasted. What the heck happened? I was about to give Cafe des Anges the "best CM in Paris" award. A few days back, this was a juicy, tender, delicious mess, dripping with butter and cheese and sending shivers down my spine.
I guess I'll have to go a third time for the tie-breaker before I give them the award. Nevertheless, if you want to experience a true Parisian, tightly-packed, reasonably-priced brasserie lunch, you can do a lot worse. Oh, and yes Lady, I am taking a photo of you chewing, I'm a rude Americain! UPDATE March 2008: they no longer have Croque Madame on their menu! When pressed why, I was given no explanation. They said they're not coming back on the menu either. Arggggggggg!!
11th Arondissement
Paris
Babe.. that's truly rude. Well, as you say, am sure you can never go wrong with Croque Madame in Paris!
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She was chewing hard and shot me a fierce look! I held my ground, though. You gotta be tough to be a food blogger, Pingles!
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