On Christmas Eve, we were looking for a place to eat when we finally decided to go to Boucherie near Union Square. We went there a while back, on Valentine’s Day that is a day where we rarely go to restaurants, menus being generally overpriced; so I thought it would be a good idea to do a revisit, checking first with Jodi that there would be some vegetarian dishes appealing to her.

I love this place: huge with definitely the feel of being in a Parisian brasserie. The restaurant was decorated for the occasion, with a big tree at the entrance.

We started off our meal with some mocktails: PJ Breeze for Jodi, a drink made with pineapple, lime, lavender and mint (refreshing with the lavender being subtle) and the Berrymania for me, made with raspberries, cranberries purée, lemon and Sprite. I loved the fact that they offer drinks like this so you get excited to get one and are not just getting soda, coffee or tea if you do not want alcohol. My drink was so good: also refreshing, it had a pieces of raspberries in it that added a nice texture.

For the Holidays, they had a Pate de foie, a duck liver and foie gras mousse served with toasted bread and a cherry compote that was perfect with the pate.

Jodi just got an entree; her favorite when we go to France: the salade mesclun au chèvre chaud or warm goat cheese salad. This is a nice dish that we often make at home as easy to make.

Salade de chevre chaud at Boucherie in NYC

On my side, I ordered the entrecôte grillée, an Australian grass fed ribeye that was served with new potatoes, a salad and I also asked for béarnaise sauce. The steak was more medium than medium-rare and a little bit hard to slice Still, it was good. I loved the potatoes that were crispy with nice hints of salt, that I liked to eat with the salad.

We finished with their chocolate and caramel tart that was truly a decadent and elegant dessert with its gold leaf on top. The chocolate was dense, the bits of salt on top balancing well the sweetness of the chocolate and caramel.

Chocolate and caramel tart at Boucherie in NYC

This was a nice meal, although I find La Grande Boucherie, their sister restaurant located Midtown, better. Still, if in the area, I would stop by to get some other French dishes, their menu being quite mouth watering.

Enjoy (I did)!

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Boucherie -225 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10003

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