Allons-y!
Have you seen this tradition in your local French bistrot (or bistro--I don't know the difference)?
Here in Chicago at Bistrot Zinc patrons who have a drink at the bar while waiting for their guest to arrive may enjoy a fresh hardboiled egg, gratis, on the house, free!. Just crack it on the zinc bar--the bartender will bring you a small plate and some salt and pepper--it's a perfect "tie-me-over" until your table is ready. They also have notoriously delicious, freshly made waffle potato chips--no body can eat just one.
I love the carousel wire holder for the eggs, how about you?
Okay, here's the real reason I love it at Zinc:
One perfect Norman Invasion.
6 comments:
While serving hard boiled eggs at the bar is certainly an interesting concept, I would much prefer some of the freshly made waffle potato chips. They serve homemade potato chips at Hemingway Bar at the Ritz and if the drinks weren't so expensive I would be there on a regular basis.
What's a Norman Invasion? I know that I could google it but thought that I would simply ask you.
In Switzerland, they sell hard boiled eggs in the supermarkets because people like to eat them as snacks, etc. They're painted bright colors, like Easter eggs, to make them distinguishable from fresh eggs.
Bistrot Zinc looks like a great spot.
According to both my grandfathers (one a rural Minnesotan, one a city boy from Newark), hard-working guys who came into the bar for a shot and a beer, or just any drink, always could help themselves to a dish of hard-boiled eggs- a constant on the bar, any time. Salt & pepper courtesy of the landlord. Very old tradition, don't know if it's exclusively U.S. or not.
I love the idea of the eggs and the holder is wonderful...but I am a chip lover and they sound delicious!
I may have to pop over again soon and take a photo of their chips--you'll see why they're so delicious.
As for a Norman Invasion: equal parts Jameson's, green Chartreuse, and sweet vermouth, over ice, stirred and served straight up in a cocktail glass. Stop after two. Really, stop after two.
Well, I'm not much of a fan of boiled eggs, but even I am charmed by a boiled egg carousel. :)
I have seen hard boiled eggs in bars/bistros before...sometimes the smaller Bantam chicken eggs are favoured. Vietnamese salons often have hard boiled eggs on hand for patrons but the preference is for quail eggs...perhaps borrowed from the French!
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