Crazy for Crepe Nanou!

Here is yet another French restaurant, so I hope you folks aren't getting tired of reading my reviews on French restaurants, still more French, STILL MORE FRENCH! The place I'm going to tell you about is a really delicious bistro called Crepe Nanou. Located on Robert St., and just off Prytania, this bistro may look tame outside, but inside is where the magic happens. I went in with Madame La  Bouffe, and we were seated in the back room at a table. We got our drinks, menus, and bread and butter, and sat back, ready to enjoy a good French meal. First, the baguette was great. Chewy, crusty, and full of flavor, it was perfect when spread with good salted butter. The soup and salad course was next, and I sampled a variety of good stuff. The French onion soup was quite delicious, with it's rich onion-y broth, soft baguette, and gooey cheese. It wasn't superior to Cafe Degas, but still good. Madame La Bouffe got a goat cheese, prosciutto, arugula, and grape tomato salad, which she said was "not very good", and the dressing tasted like "battery acid". She must have been feeling very negative that evening because when her leek and potato soup came, she described it as "glutinous and gluey, with only passable flavor."

Then we had our entrees. I had a dish called "Les Crevettes du Jour", which was sautéed shrimp with parsley and garlic, served with spaghetti and sautéed vegetables. The shrimp were cooked perfectly and had a nice herb-y flavor, and the pasta was very tasty as well. The veggies were rather limp and lifeless, but still tasted good. We also got a "crepe au crab", which I really fell in love with. The crepe was soft, spotty golden, and sweet, and the creamed crab was really amazing. The dish also came with creamed spinach on top, which I really took a tremendous fancy to. I personally had a very good meal. But we weren't done yet. We got our dessert menus, and ordered right off the bat. 

I chose the "crepe Lucie", a really amazing dessert. Madame La Bouffe got the "mousse au chocolat", which she thought was OK if a bit "chalky." My crepe was perfect. The plain crepe was its usual stunning self, and it was stuffed with strawberries and chocolate syrup. It had a large scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, which I devoured in three big big bites so it wouldn't melt. Whipped cream topped the whole thing off, and I was really in heaven. 

The service was okay. Madame La Bouffe's soup came out stone cold, and she asked for a hot version. They brought it out again, and it was unevenly heated and just as gloppy. Thankfully, they only made that one blunder, and if I gloss over that, I'd say the service is fine. 

My verdict? Crepe Nanou is great for classic French dishes and crepes, but it stumbles on newfangled food. It still has a wonderful atmosphere, and it's a great place to spend your evening. Stay tuned, tout le monde.