Casse-Croûte

Casse-Croûte. 109, Bermondsey St, London SE1 3XB. 020 7407 2140. Kitchen hours: Monday–Saturday: 12-10pm. Sunday: 12–4pm.

Casse-Croûte - Bistro serving authentic French classics

http://www.cassecroute.co.uk

Casse Croute London Review

So, with the clocks marching forward an hour and sunnier weather becoming the norm, I decided to pay Casse Croute in London on Bermondsey Street a visit.

Upon entering this French bistro, you realise how small yet cute the place is.

One image on the wall above our table even looked like it was inspired by the Boris Johnson look!

For the starter, I opted for the crayfish ravioli in creamy lobster orange sauce while Simon went for the foie gras, served with crusty French bread and a small side of salad.

Simon’s choice was their beef wellington with porcini mushroom filling, served with green beans and a gravy like sauce dripped all over.

Casse-Croûte - Bistro serving authentic French classics

Casse-Croûte, London

Grace Dent reviews Casse-Croûte | London Evening Standard

ES Food Newsletter Dining on Bermondsey Street of a Saturday evening is one of my favourite London pastimes right now.

Obviously, if you’re tottering the ten minutes from London Bridge, try to fixate on the deluxe experience that awaits you, blocking out the numerous gangs of loud hen nights littering the Tooley Street environs, those awful ‘Pedal Bars’ you have to steer through the streets filled with women from Cleethorpes in Oasis shrugs and angel wings, necking beakers of warm Lidl vin de table, screaming Robin Thicke lyrics, which will be banned under my glorious rule.

Nor is my sheer love for the new addition to Bermondsey Street, Casse-Croûte.

The owner of Casse-Croûte, Hervé Durochat, and his gang clearly sensed this and spoke mainly French all evening when I ate there.

Casse-Croûte, 109 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3XB, 0207 407 2140, cassecroute.co.uk More of Grace Dent's restaurant reviews

Casse-Croûte, London SE1, restaurant review - Telegraph

You will notice the beautiful, helpful (and French!)

You will notice the charming Francophile posters and red-and-white tablecloths, rather than the fact that, sitting between the door and the umbrella stand, you are almost as much at the mercy of the elements as you would be on the street.

I had oeuf à la coque et assortiment de mouillettes (£5.50), which is French for "boiled egg and soldiers, only better".

I haven't ordered anything of this description for years, but with a relatively short menu and L already having chosen the partridge (it went with the Saint Chinian, he said), I went ahead and did it – médaillon de veau avec morilles (£15.50).

The Chantilly that held a perfect circle of cold pudding to the plate gave it a slickness and chic that was as far from a school dinner as you can imagine.

Restaurants: Casse-Croûte, London SE1 | Life and style | The ...

'This tiny restaurant in increasingly branché Bermondsey is an instant smash.

To say it's a bit French is like saying cheese is a bit nice.

Owner Hervé Durochat is out front, a consonant-mangling sweetiepie who treats his customers as though they were long-lost pals.

– are perched on top, and dotted all around is more ham, chopped into little hummocks with wholegrain mustard.

I'm not fazed by its steak au poivre, a pungent, chewy bavette with an underpowered, too-creamy sauce and odd, tomato-laced sauté potatoes.