We keep coming back to Le Languedoc almost every year, because we know it will be very good. No surprises: just great food and service. While the menu changes a bit all the time, it always seems mostly familiar.
You may be seated in the more formal main dining room, the downstairs bistro floor, or in warm weather on the covered patio. The menu and service are the same in each room.
Unlike other restaurants, Le Languedoc still serves bread and butter: and a decent pat of it, not little foil wrapped things. They provided a cranberry bread and a garlic bread this time.
This year was not different. We both came with the idea of ordering the Steak Frites ($42): strip steak smothered in bearnaise, with a substantial side of garlicky French fries, and watercress with a white truffle vinaigrette (shown above). You just can go wrong with this one. And it was as excellent as ever!
We chose different starters: one of us had the Chopped Salad with Bleu Cheese and Buttermilk Dressing ($18). It was a substantial serving and as delicious as it always is.
Our other choice was the Selection of Artisanal Cheeses, Honeycomb, Crisps, Marcona Almonds and dried Apricots ($22). This one is also on the dessert menu if you want it afterwards. While not identified, the cheeses seem to be a Brie, a goat cheese and a hard sheep’s milk cheese. A delightful appetizer.
For dessert, they offered a relatively new Small Town Girl Buttercrunch Sundae with Cream, Chocloate and Caramel sauces and butter crunch topping, (Petite $10.75 and Grand , $13). We split the big one. The small one might have been enough, but it was delightful.
The evening was an excellent experience as usual. The only hitch was that the waiters we so busy that the forgot to bring us out glasses of Cabernet to go with our steak. When we got to talk to a waitress, she apologized and delivered the wine late, and at no charge. Again, this is a class act.
Our bill with tax but before tip and with 2 drinks was $182.97. We’ll be back!
