French Andouillette!
Service: Friendly and a bit shy
Facilities & Equipment: Very clean overall, pleasant washroom
Prices: Reasonable to slightly expensive
Strong points: French restaurant doubling as a wine bar. Traditional French Bistro gastronomy. Good range of wines.
La Fillette (meaning “young/little girl) has the enormous merit to double as a wine bar (you may drink beer, lol) which allows you to sit comfortably in front of a h[glass at any time of the evening.
It used to be a Spanish restaurant before it opened 6 years ago and the decor outside has changed very little!
have a good look at the blackboard outside! Take your time and read it! I personally found an item that any Frenchman worth his salt has to sample!
Actually, it is not one but two blackboards you will have to check before entering!
A great feature of the place is that hey have their own cave/cellar which you can peek inside. I can garantee you you will discover some memorable bottles !
if you are on your own, you would do better to sit on a high stool at the bar counter, but if you are with a special company take a table in a cozy corner!
They have some very reasonable champagnes for the connoisseurs!
The menu is very traditional French bistro gastronomy with many a little surprise such as the above cheese creme brulee for appetizer!
As a Burgundian I couldn’t resist the escargots/snails!
The single item I would kill for!
French andouillette (pork tripes sausage)!
Home-made (not easy) and serve with succulent mashed potatoes!
Oysters gratin to damn a New Englander!
Ox jowl wine stew!
Another view of this traditional French Bistro fare you would find anywhere back home!
Home-made pistachio ice-cream!
but for me it was a succulent cheese plate!
With the perfect garlic toasts!
Looking forward to my next visit! There are too many many morsels I had to ignore! LOL
LA FILLETTE
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Hitoyado-Cho, 2-1-4 (along Showa Street)
Tel.: 054-251-6018
Opening hours: 17:30~24:00 (from 15:00 on Saturdays)
Closed on Sundays
Credit cards OK
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