Steve and I visited LES Enfants de Bohème on a freezing evening in February. It was one of those nights when all you want is to sit somewhere warm with a glass of wine and eat something that feels like a warm hug in food form, and LES Enfants de Bohème turned out to be exactly that kind of place.
The restaurant is on the Lower East Side, but the atmosphere feels more like a cozy little bistro in Paris. The dining room was glowing with candlelight, the lighting was dim, and it felt warm and inviting from the moment we walked in.
LES Enfants de Bohème has a happy hour with oysters and wine if you sit at the bar, but it wasn’t particularly busy the night we visited, so they kindly let us order the happy hour oysters and wine even though we were seated at a table.
There were so many good things on the menu that we ended up ordering a little bit of everything. Along with the oysters, we shared the Classic French Onion Soup, the Moules Dijonnaise, and a Camembert Rôti.
The onion soup was exactly how a French onion soup should be. Rich and comforting, with plenty of melted cheese and toasted bread on top.
The mussels were served in a creamy Dijon mustard sauce that was so good we ended up ordering extra bread to soak up every last bit.
Instead of dessert, we ordered the baked Camembert. Warm, creamy, and perfect with a glass of wine while lingering over the last part of the meal.
Another fantastic meal in New York.
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