SIGNATURE DISHES

Goat cheese salad Duck pate Foie gras ravioli Lamb shank Red snapper fish fillet Beef in red wine sauce

SETTING: This dimly-lit, narrow place is a favourite with the French and others looking for delicious traditional French fare.

FOOD: Nicoise salad is a bright and healthy bowl of tuna, fresh raw onions, lots of lettuce and other satisfying chews. Goat cheese salad is good and arrives as three nicely flavourful crescent shapes amid plenty of lettuce, all pleasantly doused with oil and vinegar. Lamb shank is especially divine and definitely recommended because it is deftly cooked until only a mild flavour emerges from the gigantic mound of meat, surrounded by mashed potatoes and vegetables, and is so soft you can break off pieces with a fork. For dessert, go for pear in wine, which is a hot, uncut pear, completely saturated in wine and includes some cinnamon highlights. The menu frequently changes and is put up on a large blackboard.

WINE: French wine is the obvious choice here and includes a nice red, Chateau Villa Bel-Air Graves 2002.

SERVICE: Helpful all-female staff keeps a light mood.

PRICE: Two people can eat well for about 1,700 baht without wine.