Tour De France

Presenting a Gastronomic Tour de France
at Marcel's Bistro

For the past twenty four years, Marcel's has been taking the time to introduce its customers to uncommonly good, authentic French food; nothing pretentious, just fine food coupled with fine wines. Now "The Bistro Upstairs" is traveling France in a new way and we invite you to share this experience in the best way possible, gastronomically. Starting the second Tuesday of every month, for two weeks, we will feature authentic dishes, appetizers, main courses and deserts, from a different region of France, each with its own distinctive gastronomic flavour. Of course, specially selected wines to compliment the region and the dish will be available by the glass or by the bottle.

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PARIS ~ ILE DE FRANCE
From May 13th to May 24th

A visit to the best provision shops of Paris recalls allegorical paintings in which personifications of Africa, India and the Orient come to lay their finest fruits at a conquering ruler’s feet. They might make the visitor think that the world exists for the benefit of this one city.

In the past at least until the development of trade in the nineteenth century, a French city depended mainly on surrounding countryside for its food supplies. Beside a fertile soil and temperature climate, Paris has two great rivers for survival; its own Seine and the Loire, which at Orleans was only seventy miles away. From its villages outskirts comes all kind of vegetables. Argenteuil was famous for asparagus, Montreuil for peaches, Montmorency for cherries, St-Germain for peas and Clamart for artichokes and butter.

The memory of this intensive cultivation lingers mainly in the menus of classical French cooking. They are history in short hand of Paris and France itself, economic, social, political, literary history called up by the names of people and places.

Although times have changed and Paris has expanded so much as to transform these once prestigious orchards and farm lands into fallen victims of urban expansion. Its neighbouring region still send their best of everything to the “Capitale”, their modest but genuine contribution to favoured city of the epicure.

But enough written about the region, we wish you a
“Bon Appétit” and of course Santé…

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PARIS ~ ILE DE FRANCE
LUNCH MENU

Potage St. Germain
‘St.Germain’ split pea soup
$5.50

Asperges blanches d’Argenteuil, sauce Maltaise
White asparagus ‘Argenteuil’ with orange hollandaise sauce
$8.75

Duo de truite et coquilles St. Jacques sur un lit de riz sauvage
avec un beurre blanc au Champagne
Duo of trout and scallops on a bed of wild rice with Champagne ‘beurre blanc’
$18.95

Filet de porc grillé à la Villette, réduction échalote, persil et vin blanc, julienne de légumes et pomme Parisienne
Grilled pork tenderloin with a white wine, shallot and parsley reduction, julienne vegetables and  Parisian potatoes
$18.95

Le classique ‘Paris Brest’, sauce caramel et amandes
A French classic, a light pastry ring served with caramel
and almond sauce
$6.95

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PARIS ~ ILE DE FRANCE
DINNER MENU

Potage St. Germain
‘St.Germain’ split pea soup
$6.25

Vol au vent de champignons sauvages et sauce au porto parfumée à l’huile de truffe
Puff pastry shell with a ragout of wild mushrooms,
porto and truffle oil sauce
$10.50

Filet de sole Argenteuil, velouté au crabe
Filet of sole ‘Argenteuil’ in a crab bisque sauce
$22.75

 Côte de veau ‘Moulin Rouge’, sauce aux cèpes et Cognac, endives braisées et pomme Parisienne
Veal chop ‘Moulin Rouge’, mushroom and Cognac sauce served with braised endives and Parisian potatoes
$24.95

Le classique ‘Paris Brest’, sauce caramel et amandes
A French classic, a light pastry ring served with caramel and almond sauce
$7.25

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Notre sélection de Vins de Paris – Ile de France

Paris ~ Ile de France is situated in the center of France surrounded by theregions of the Loire, Normandy, Burgundy and Champagne.

We invite you to sample our regular selections of wines
by the glass, Where you will find some
of the regions mentioned.

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Upcoming Regions

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