Bastille Day – Jim Drohman https://www.jimdrohman.com Sun, 19 Jan 2025 08:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Happy Quatorze Juillet! https://www.jimdrohman.com/blog/2023/07/14/happy-quatorze-juillet/ https://www.jimdrohman.com/blog/2023/07/14/happy-quatorze-juillet/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:42:44 +0000 https://www.jimdrohman.com/?p=8534

Happy Bastille Day everyone!  Here I am firing up the Weber and doing some BBQin’ for two: steak, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, and more, all washed down with a nice bottle of Burgundy!  It is 36 degrees C here (which equals VERY HOT in degrees F), which explains the bandana.

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Lime syrup soaked savarin cake filled with roasted peach cream, with peach-thyme confiture and lime zest

Of course there were also desserts at our Le Pichet’s Bastille Day party, designed by Le Pichet pastry chef Drake Jones to be both traditional and also to fit into the Street Food theme. Here are photos of them.

Puff pastry tartlettes filled with figs and pistachios, served with honey creme fraiche and red wine syrup
Chocolate crepes, served cold filled with hazelnut diplomat cream and served with Bing cherry ice cream
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Lyon-style pork and pistachio sausage baked in brioche, served with rosemary-marinated summer chanterelles

You say you didn’t make it to Le Pichet’s 18th annual Bastille Day party last Sunday? Too bad, it was a great time! Well, I guess there’s always next year!

We thought you might like to see some pics of the street food menu you didn’t get to try…Miam Miam!

Seafood boudin Seafood boudin sausage, served on baguette with roasted pepper-fennel-frisée salad and sauce verte

Marinated heirloom tomatoes, shallots and basil with shaved parmesan and tapenade on baguette
Mussels, clams and squid, seared with jambon, persillade, butter and Basque cider, on grilled country bread
Fresh goat cheese crusted with pecans and sautéed, on raw summer squashes, red onion, corn and sage
Niçoise caramelized onion flatbread with thyme, black olive and anchovies, served room temperature
Crispy chickpea fritters, on watermelon, mixed cucumbers, Walla Walla onions, harissa vinaigrette and sauce blanche
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It’s time to celebrate Bastille Day! At Le Pichet, get our limited edition Bastille Day T-Shirts, featuring an illustration by local artist Kyle Wendt, made in America and 100% cotton. Supplies are limited so come by today!

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Please join us at Le Pichet for our annual Bastille Day Party

Sunday July 14, 2019, from 6pm to Late

Live music at 7pm The Bric-a-Brac Duo 10pm The Greg Ruby 4

Menu of Paris street food

No Cover, No Reservations, Everyone welcome!

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If you missed your chance on Bastille Day to purchase our limited edition t-shirt celebrating the 16th anniversary of Le Pichet’s Fête de Quatorze Juillet, fret not…Yes they are still available!

The shirts are 100% cotton, made in America and are available in unisex sizes S to XL.  The price is $20 and they are available at both Le Pichet and Café Presse while they last.

Come by or call to check size availability.

 

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Now celebrating our 11th year of raising the roof on  the 14th of July! Hope you can make it.

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