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2048 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098

713-524-7070

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Cuisine(s): French

Hours: Mon-Thu 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-11pm

Price: $$$
Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

Salads, seafood dishes and chilled white wines are the things to order at this cozy French restaurant in a refurbished bungalow on Colquitt. The interior is decorated with bad paintings of Paris street scenes and frumpy lace curtains, but the crowd of well-heeled socialites doesn't seem to mind. Elaborate $8 desserts are the best deal on the menu.

La Nouvelle Recession Cuisine at Au Petit Paris

By Robb Walsh | Thu, March 27, 2008

"Queue de Boeuf Braisé avec Champignons Sauvages, Oignions Grelots Caramelisés, Lardons, Mousseline de Pomme de Terre et Pousse D'Epinard" means "expensive soul food" in French. Okay, the actual translation on the menu at Au Petit Paris, a new Fre... More »

Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$7.95

Leek Veloute And Fresh Brunoise Vegetables

$7.95

Tomato Basil Soup

$7.95

French Onion Soup

$10.95

Napoleon Of Tiger Shrimp, Fresh Tomatoes And Avocado Cocktail
served with mesclun salad and a reggiano parmesan croustini

$10.95

Famous French Goat Cheese Frisée Salad Tossed
with a rosemary honey dressing, topped with cristalized walnuts and tomato petals confites

$9.95

Roasted Free Range Chicken Tartelette
with leek and caramelized onions, swiss cheese served with mesclun salad

$10.95

Traditional Burgundy Escargot
served in a puff pastry shell with a mesclun salad

$18.95

Homemade Foie Gras Terrine
served with a spring mixed salad and a black truffle infusion vinaigrette, fresh toasted brioche

$11.95

Lyonnaise Frisee Salad, Poached Egg, Lardon Bacon, Tomato Confit, Country Croutons
rubbed with garlic & tossed with a raspberry vinaigrette

$8.50
For A Slice Of Morbier Or St Nectaire Or Port Salut Add $1.50

French Brie Cheese
served with mesclun salad crystallized walnut and red seedless grapes

$8.95

Cured Country Salami Board
served with french pickles and a mesclun salad

Meat

$23.95

Farm Raised Duck Leg Confit
served with slowly cooked oven baked white beans, garden vegetables, tomato & bacon and a side of spring mix salad

$19.95

Roasted Pork Tenderloin Slices
served with sautéed baby spinach, organic wild rice slowly cooked in homemade chicken broth with a dijon mustard sauce

$29.95

Roasted Australian Half Rack Of Lamb
brushed with dijon mustard and covered with a fresh herb crust served with a mini ratatouille and delicious reggiano parmesan polenta, jus d’agneau

$17.95

Chicken Fricassee Flambee A La Fine Champagne
served with chive mashed potatoe and sautéed garlic french green beans

$24.95

Grilled 13 Oz Angus Ribeye
with a beurre maitre d’hôtel, creamy potatoes aux gratin and sautéed garlic french green beans

$22.95

Breaded Free Range Chicken Breast Dijonnaise
topped with fresh goat cheese and tomato petals confite served with carnaroli fresh mushroom risotto and green asparagus rolled in olive oil, lemon butter caper sauce

$25.95

Slowly Braised For 8 Hours & Extremely Tender Beef Cheeks
served with chive puree de pommes de terre, glazed carrots & brocoli sautéed in olive oil

Fish

$19.95

Sauteed Skatewing Prepared With Capers And Lemon Juice & Butter Sauce
served with organic basmati wild rice and sauteed baby spinach

$26.95

Roasted Chilean Sea Bass
served with chives potato puree, sauteed parisian mushrooms, broccoli and pastis sauce

$19.50

Scottish Salmon Topped With Caramelized Red Onions Cooked In Red Wine
served with fresh forest mushroom and asparagus carnaroli risotto & chanterelle sauce

$24.95

Pan Seared Skinless Red Snapper
filet layered on top of sauteed baby spinach and garden vegetables which are slowly oven cooked and topped with a granny smith apple sauce

$19.95

Vegetarian Plate
choose five items from the list: mushroom risotto, chive potato purée, creamy polenta, sautéed spinach, glazed carrots, sautéed broccoli, mini ratatouille, sautéed haricot vert, sautéed mushrooms, green asparagus, organic wild rice, root garden vegetables, & potato au gratin

Desserts

$7.50

Crepes “au Petit Paris”
served with vanilla ice cream and hot chocolate sauce

$7.50

Caramelized Pear On A Caramelized Puff Pastry Tart

$7.50

Warm Molten Chocolate Cake
served with apple parfait, caramel and chocolate sauce

$7.50

Caramelized Grapefruit And Orange
segment with light orange cream and a crunchy sable breton served with a citrus fruit sauce

$7.50

Light Chocolate Mousse Bistro
made with a dark carabian chocolate vanilla and grand-marnier liquor with chocolate copeaux and candied orange zest on top

$7.50

Key Lime Cream Brulée

$7.50

Profiterole Filled With Vanilla Ice Cream
topped with homemade dark chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

$7.50

Fresh Strawberries With Homemade Strawberry
marmelade and vaniilla ice cream

$7.50

Two Traditionnal Crepes Suzette
served with buttered orange, caramel and grand marnier sauce

$8.50

Cheese Plate

$7.50

French Brie Cheese Served
with mesclun salad

$7.50
For A Slice Of Morbier Add $1.50
For A Slice Of Port Salut Add $1.50
For A Slice Of St Nectaire Add $1.50

Crystallized Walnut & Red Seedless Grapes.

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