Le petit Vanves

[robert brown]

Did anyone catch "Les Escapades de Petitrenaud", the engaging weekly program on France's TV5 in which he gave some attention to the bistrot on the outskirts of Paris named "Le Petit Vanves"? My wife and I were taken by it and are wondering if anyone out there has any first-hand impressions and opinions.

[julot-les-pinceaux]

I missed Petitrenaud but I went to le Petit Vanves recently. It is a textbook, traditional bistrot, barely modern. Tons of food and a very short selection of wine. Great fries. I had os à moelle (half good because it cut in half and grilled but it was cut unevenly and one half had very little marrow in it, therefore burnt) and pied de porc pané (even I had to give up at some point, though I would have liked more of those golden/brown fries. It was standard good pied de porc). Simple raspeberry and chantilly as desserts. The bistrot is located on a nice avenue, little houses and trees. Service goes out for a cigarette after your last dish so don't be in a hurry. I would go back and get an entrecote for example.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Did anyone catch "Les Escapades de Petitrenaud", the engaging weekly program on France's TV5 in which he gave some attention to the bistrot on the outskirts of Paris named "Le Petit Vanves"? My wife and I were taken by it and are wondering if anyone out there has any first-hand impressions and opinions.

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LE PETIT VANVES

34 avenue victor hugo

92170 Nogent-Sur-Marne

Téléphone : 01 46 42 13 46

Métro(s) : malakoff - plateau de vanves, ligne 13

[Ptipois]

One good thing about Petitrenaud is that he can be trusted when he sends you to a bistrot: he tells you to go somewhere, you just go, you don't ask. He knows where the good things are, within the limits of French bourgeois/bistrot traditional cooking.

[julot-les-pinceaux]

I agree. Petirenaud never failed me. And I can't even say that I disagree with him about what he doesn't like -- he never mentions any such place.

[Ptipois]

It should be granted to him that he fully knows his field of competence and sticks to it.

[pierre45]

Petirenaud is definetly a good source for not only restaurants(bonnes tables) but also for patisserie ,fromagerie ,etc.Many of his recommendations are discussed on egullet ,others are not.For instance for the 7th arrondissement he mentions Gaya rive gauche,la fontaine de Mars ,which is talked about here ,but also la brunie or tante marguerite,which are not mentionned on this site.