Menu from Provender Cafe Bistro
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Includes dishes that are:
Vegetarian
Lunch
POISSON FRIT A L'ANGLAISE
Deep fried haddock filet, pea puree, french fries & sauce tartare
FOIE DE VEAU SAUCE VIN ROUGE
Chargrilled calf liver, mashed potatoes, onion ring, red wine & cornichons sauce
SOUFFLE AUX DEUX FROMAGES
Twice cooked gruyère & goats cheese souffle, sauce mornay
Starters
SOUPE DE POISSONS PROVENCALE
Red mullet, rockfish, shellfish & saffron soup, rouille, croutons & gruyere
STEAK TARTARE
Hand chopped fillet steak tartare, 80g, croutons sec
ESCARGOTS A LA BOURGUIGNONE
Six 'Petits Gris' snails, parsley, tarragon & garlic, crispy baguette
Desserts
SORBET CASSIS À LA BOURGUIGNONNE
Blackcurrant sorbet, crème de cassis liqueur poured at the table, gavotte tuile
CRUMBLE MÛRE ET RHUBARBE
Rhubarbe & blackberry crumble, vanilla ice cream
MERINGUE EXOTIQUE
Soft meringue, mango sorbet, chantilly & passion fruit coulis
More about the restaurant: Provender Cafe Bistro
Out in the wilds of Wanstead, there lies a little corner of the Cote d’Azur, a department of the Dordogne, and if you whisper it quietly, a petit part of Paris. Provender Cafe Bistro on the High Street is a brasserie of some renown, and has been letting them eat steak for a good few years, backing it up with the traditional frites. Their menu encompasses the best that French cuisine has to offer, with little sap to English tastes: the cheese, wine, meats and pretty much everything else are from l’Hexagone. OK, so they do do fish and chips, or, as they call it, poisson a l’Anglaise.
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The relationship between England and France has been, at best, complicated. They invade us and build us a culture, we laugh at their waiters. We burn Joan of Arc, they provide half the Arsenal team. It’s tit for tat. One place trying to revive the entente cordiale in London is Provender Cafe Bistro on the High Street in Wanstead, where the menu is packed with French classics that even the most hardened rosbif can enjoy, from steak frites to chevre chaud.
Provender Cafe Bistro provides a fully French dining experience to the public of East London, so when you get down to Wanstead High Street, don’t delay in ordering. Aperitifs – washed down with lashings of pastis where possible – include a real garlic bread, fresh baked to order, so grab one between your group to be getting on with. For starters, escargots are an option, but we might plump for the charcuterie selection, which is imported directly from France. Mains are extensive, but the steak tartare is always a fleshy favourite. In fact, the biggest question facing you at Provender Cafe Bistro is where to sit – no Parisian layered tables here – so take away the discussion by booking in advance! Bon Appetit!