Maggie W.
Yelp
We experienced a delightful evening dining at Chez Fernand, it's hard for me to even decide what part of our experience was my favorite. What an exemplary French restaurant! Our server was amazing and incredibly attentive/patient with us.
My boyfriend and I were starving, and this was our first day in Paris! We ordered the French onion soup and bone marrow as our appetizers. My boyfriend got the beef bourguignon and I got the Black Angus hanger beef steak with fries, and we finished the night off with some delicious caramel rice pudding.
The French onion soup was our first, but I'll never forget the incredibly rich roux-like soup texture and the Emmental cheese that the chef paired with it. Every bite was sweet, savory, salty, fatty, and slightly different in texture due to the marinated onion and chewy cheese. The bone marrow with sea salt and bread was quite yummy, I've never had it before but it was less heavy than buttered bread and had a fun gelatinous mouthfeel.
The beef bourguignon my boyfriend had was to his liking, he liked the marinated red wine flavor but it was not for me. The hanger beef steak with fries was incredible, the fries were so good and perfectly crispy and salted.
The rice pudding was so simple but executed perfectly- what a beautiful plating, and what an even tastier dish! So sweet, the nuts on top added a fun crunch to each bite. So creamy and chewy, I was in heaven. Anything richer and I probably would've rejected it (just kidding- I'd eat anything from this spot). Such a perfect beginning to our vacation, I'm happy we spent it here.