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LA BASTIDE 🇫🇷 // Dinner last night celebrating a friend’s birthday at newly-opened La Bastide @labastide.perth in Shenton Park (place where Petit Mort used to be). Menu on last two pics. We ordered the following: - St Germain Spritz $21 - Croquette-monsieurs, dijon, cornichons $18 - Parfait de canard maison, rosella, brioche (gfo) $24; extra serve of brioche $8 - Wagin farm magret de canard, pommes dauphinoise, chard, sauce piquante $42 - Market fish (rankin cod) à la grenobloise, rainbow petites carottes, cresson $42 - Duck leg special $38 - Pommes dauphinoise side $14 - Bay crème brûlée $18 Started with a refreshing St Germain Spritz which was so easy to drink. St‑Germain is a French liqueur made with fresh elderflowers, hand-picked once a year in the late spring. Standout dish was the market fish. Duck breast was very tender but surprisingly the skin was not as crispy as it looked or I had expected - heard Rob Broadfield raved about this place so admittedly I did had very high expectations for the duck. The chard that came with the duck was very heavily seasoned. The parfait is a very light version and preferred the brioche over the parfait. Bay creme brûlée had a thin crystallised sugar top and the custard beneath was creamy, cool and smelt strongly of cinnamon and spice. Very friendly waitstaff with lovely service from the owners. #LaBastide #Perth #PerthFrench #PerthFood #PerthFoodReview #PFR_French #PFR_LaBastide (at La Bastide Bistro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRVawkvhYY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

LA LUNE 🇫🇷 // Menu on last pic. Our hors d’oeuvres (appetisers) at @lalunefremantle featuring: - TOMATO TARTLET, petit pois cream $7pp - POTATO ROSTI, smoked salmon roe, cultured cream $22 - VOL-AU VENT OF SWIMMER CRAB, celery remoulade $7pp - FOIE GRAS PARFAIT with brioche, cherries $22 - Cocktail: Rhubi rhubi: ROF vodka; rhubi, passionfruit, lemon, sugar $22 Beautiful starters to commence our dinner. Everything was delicious, especially love the potato rosti, crab with flakey puff pastry case and foie gras parfait. The potato rosti reminded me of Maccas’ hash browns and I’m inspired to recreate this boujee dish at home with hash browns. 😆 Love how gherkins were included with the parfait to take away the greasiness and how perfectly it was paired with cherries. Cocktail was refreshing with passionfruit. Really impressed with this first visit to La Lune and one of my more memorable meals of 2022. Definitely one for a return trip. #LaLune #LalunePerth #Fremantle #French #PerthFrench #HorsDOeuvres #PotatoRosti #PerthFoodReview #PFR_French #PFR_LaLune (at East Fremantle, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnEhuhfvnAY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

LA LUNE 🇫🇷 // Menu on last two pics. Our mains at @lalunefremantle featuring: - POISSON DU JOUR (fish of the day was rainbow trout) $28 - DUCK BREAST: bitter leaf lentils, pancetta, red currants $38 - MOULES FRITES (mussels and frites) w/ sauce marinieres (white wine sauce) $26 Dish of the night was the rainbow trout which was cooked perfectly. Duck breast was pink and tender. The addition of red currants provided some sweetness and tang to the duck which was nice. The white wine sauce of the mussels was creamy and tangy - the traditional recipe for this includes garlic, shallots, butter, parsley and white wine. Enjoyable hors d’oeuvres (will be on a separate post: especially love the potato rosti) and delicious dinner with great service. Will be back. #LaLune #Fremantle #French #PerthFrench #RainbowTrout #Duck #Mussels #PerthFoodReview #PFR_French #PFR_LaLune (at La Lune) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnBMl15vKme/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

CHEZ PIERRE 🇫🇷❤️ // A French favourite in Perth. They do a rotating regional set menu for aud65pp on Tuesdays to Fridays and the current theme is Tour de France. Last night’s menu was week 3: Andorre-la-Vielle – Saint-Emillion. First course: Tarte aux Noix de Saint-Jacques Scallop tart, seared Shark Bay scallops served on creamed leeks and a crispy puff pastry tartlet, accompanied with spinach, asparagus, confit tomatoes, parsley coulis and finished with a dill beurre blanc sauce. Scallops were seared beautifully, paired with the crispy puff pastry and rich butter sauce. I didn’t even notice or mind the dill in the sauce. Just divine. Their imported French baguette bread is one of my favourite bread in Perth. We ordered escargots and Crepe Suzette on top of the regional set menu. Service here is exemplary as always - they even gifted an extra container of bread for us to take home after we asked to take away our leftover bread. Thanks to Pierre and the team for such a wonderful night. ❤️🙏🏻 #ChezPierre #Nedlands #French #PerthFrench #FineDining #PerthFineDining #Scallops #Tart #ScallopTart #PerthFoodReview #PFR_ChezPierre (at Chez Pierre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRaDIAijIiQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

FLAVOURS OF FRANCE: LIMOGES 🇫🇷 // Entrée: Crêpes aux Fruits de Mer – Seafood Crêpe, filled with fresh local Prawns, Scallops, Fish, leeks and mushrooms in a garlic, onion and parsley soubise sauce encased in a savoury crêpe topped with a light bercy sauce, spinach and gratinée with Fromage under the grill (aud23 ala carte) or part of the three-course dinner for aud65 at Chez Pierre, Nedlands - one of my favourite French restaurants in Perth. They do a rotating regional menu every Tuesday-Friday at aud65 pp which is quite good value. Dish of the night - soft layers of Crêpes enveloped the flavoursome, creamy seafood and mushrooms. SO DELICIOUS I hadn’t even bothered to photograph the inside of the crepes using the camera. Did the video using the phone (check stories under 🇫🇷 highlight) and just couldn’t wait to finish everything. Wiped the sauce cleanly with the bread. 😍 #chezpierre #nedlands #french #finedining #perthfrench #entree #seafood #mushrooms #crepe #savourycrepe #seafoodcrepe #frenchfood #crepesauxfruitsdemer #perthfoodreview (at Chez Pierre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtQSqQD0DK/?igshid=wxl6kvq8pjb8

FLAVOURS OF FRANCE: LIMOGES 🇫🇷 // Three-course dinner for aud65; with a bottle of Brown Brothers Riesling (aud36) at Chez Pierre, Nedlands - one of my favourite French restaurants in Perth. They do a rotating regional menu every Tuesday-Thursday at aud65 pp which is quite good value. The bread here deserves their own special mention - it is soft and fluffy and crispy on the edges yet not burnt. So good. We started off with the asparagus veloute which was creamy, smooth and so delicious. Wiped everything clean with the bread too. The Brown Brothers Riesling was sweet and so easy to drink - good recommendation from our server when we asked for something sweet. Will get this from the bottle shop next time (aud12) and pay for the BYO (aud10.50 per bottle). Love the friendly service here and how they catered for our dietary requirements and dessert substitute - got three calls confirming our menu after my booking. Having French food a day after Bastille Day. 😋✌🏻 #chezpierre #nedlands #french #finedining #perthfrench #breadandbutter #amusebouche #asparagus #veloute #brownbrothers #riesling #perthfoodreview (at Chez Pierre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCs7p9fj3i-/?igshid=c7n8b5e1ah7c

CHEERS TO THE LONG WEEKEND // French Kiss (aud19) and Gin Sour (aud18) from Le Rebelle, Mt Lawley (visited Jan’2020). Cheers to Le Rebelle re-opening and the gradual easing of restaurant restrictions. This cosy French bistro is one of my favourite restaurant finds this year. 🙌🏻 #lerebelle #lerebelleperth #french #perthfrench #cocktails #perthcocktails #perthfoodreview (at Le Rebelle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxOZ4njbAB/?igshid=hbqpho226yt0

Grass Fed beef fillet, sautéed mushrooms and pepper corn sauce (aud42; friend’s order) from Le Rebelle, Mount Lawley. Winning mains - had a bite and the beef was so tender and delicious - would most likely get this on my return visit. 😍 Steak-cutting credits: SL #lerebelleperth #mountlawley #french #perth #perthfrench #perthfoodvideo #beef #steak #perthfoodreview (at Le Rebelle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-FpDZjsVq/?igshid=z7h9gc0hprka