French Trip Task - Food with Photo

I’m looking forward to taste the French cuisine as I having my first trip to France. During my journey in France there were three common French dishes which serve normally in most of the restaurant in France. 

Appertizer: Salade de Gésiers

First, let me introduce the appetizer that I have discovered. Salade de Gésiers, the name of the appetizer in French, in English I was called chicken gizzards salad serve with crouton. As a Malaysian this dish was quite interesting as normally we cook gizzards for our main course or side dish, it was new to me for a ingredient like gizzard are served in a light dishes as salad. 

The first impression of this dish to me was a weird combination as the colour was not catchy to the eye of customer, and it is weird to serve a sauté gizzard with fresh salad. As the 1st mouth that I ate the dish, I was shocked!! The gizzard was cooked so soft and slowly melts in my mouth like a soft ice cream, as I thought gizzard should be chewy. It taste different from what I imagine, I taste of fresh, and full with aromatic flavour such as thyme, garlic and much more. As I ate my second mouth of the dish, I ate the gizzard with the salad and crouton, I was impressed with this dish once again as the only weakness of the gizzard which is oily was covered by the taste of fresh romaine lettuce and the combination of these who different ingredient was balanced by the French dressing, besides that the crispy homemade crouton gives a crispiness to the dish which make it interesting.

Main Course: Entrecôte Steak serve with French Fries and Onion Sauce

For the main course, I would like to introduce the Entrecôte Steak serve with French Fries and Onion Sauce. The word Entrecôte in French denotes a premium cut of beef used for steak.  This dish I ate in one of the small restaurant beside the road in Paris. Although the restaurant is small but the steak their serve are really delicious and the ingredient used are fresh and the price was reasonable. 

At the moment the waiter serves the dish to me, I could smell a strong savoury smell from the dish. I could felt my mouth watering of the thought of it. At the first sight, I could saw the lines of grilling on the surface of the steak and it makes me imagine the sizzling sound of the steak on top of the griller. I can saw the steak is shinning and it is coat by its own juice. As my first slice on the beef, the juice of the meat flowing out and the steak was juicy pink in centre. That word that I only can use for described this steak are tender, moist, juicy and bouncy. As my first bite of the steak, my mouth was filled up with a strong aroma taste and the meat melts in my mouth. Another interesting point in this dish is the sauce. The sweet, savoury smell of the caramelized onion sauce is perfectly matched with the steak and increase the flavour of the steak. The French fries served in this dish, the outer layer of the fries is crispy and inter layer is soft, and it was not greasy.

Dessert: Mascarpone Cheese with Summer Berries

Finally for the dessert, I tried one of the simple but a delicious dessert in Toulouse, France, which is Mascarpone Cheese with Summer Berries. The dessert consists of three layers, first layer was lightly sweetened, rich and creamy topping made with fresh Mascarpone Cheese and heavy whipping cream. The second layer is full of the raspberries and the last layer was short crust.

 

The dessert has a catchy sight as they are three striking colours and each different layer has different of the texture. The first layer of the Mascarpone Cheese is very smooth and it is melts very fast in mouth like an ice cream. As I eat the three layers together, the smoothness of the Mascarpone goes well with the bursting juice from the berry and crispiness from the last layer which is the short crust. This dessert has a strong cheese taste and it goes well with raspberries which brings a taste of sweetness and sour.