?> {"id":1920,"date":"2009-12-15T19:02:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2009-12-15T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T00:02:51","slug":"jacques-brasserie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/12\/jacques-brasserie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Brasserie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Josh has been traveling a lot for work recently so my meals lately have consisted mainly of leftovers from our weekends of gorging, easily prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads, or pre-made soups and frozen pizzas. Sad, yes, but a lot of my joy from cooking and eating comes from sharing the experience with someone. If I made what I thought was the most fantastic meal ever and no one else was there to taste it, would it still be the most fantastic meal ever? It\u2019s kind of like hitting a hole in one with no witnesses. It\u2019s still a great feat but no one can fully share in your excitement.<\/p>\n
Ok maybe I\u2019m just making excuses for being lazy. Regardless, one mid-week night while Josh was away, I was thrilled for the opportunity to have a girls\u2019 night dinner with Josh\u2019s mom and his cousin. We met up on the Upper East Side at Jess\u2019 apartment and went off in search for food. None of us are all that familiar with restaurants in the area still so we basically chose a place based on where we could find street parking. We ended up at Jacques Brasserie, a lovely restaurant with a menu that offers all of the standard French bistro classics.<\/p>\n
We started off with some delicious slices of baguettes with salty butter. The bread had a decent crust, nice chew, and good flavor. My only complaint was that they had a bread man doling out one slice at a time, and he couldn\u2019t come around fast enough. We were starving and couldn\u2019t get enough of the bread!<\/p>\n