Cambridge, Massachusetts
That’s gratin dauphinois, at a 1920s-themed restaurant called Cuchi Cuchi. Says our reader:
This is one of my favorite night spots, so I couldn’t resist. When you cross the threshold of the place, it’s a “Midnight in Paris” experience but without Woody Allen. Vintage cocktails, orgasmic pan-European (largely French) food, jazzy music, Belle Epoque furnishings, dapper waiters and flapper waitresses. What fun!
Our reader sent along several great photos. I hated to pick only one, so I’ve included the others below the jump. Enjoy! You readers go to the most interesting places.
Mise en place
Cocktails, with an appetizer of cones of tuna tartare with avocado
I wish I could have included a photo of the brie en croute, but my dinner companions inhaled it before I got a chance to take a snap. Seriously I still have withdrawal symptoms from it, as well as from the fried artichoke hearts stuffed with gorgonzola, pistachio and basil. Brie and gorgonzola make me slobber like Homer Simpson.
http://www.dishtip.com/d/ma/cambridge/cuchi-cuchi/brie-en-croute/1376502
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Gratin dauphinois, by the way, is an amazingly simple and delicious dish. A really good starter recipe from Julia Child’s cookbook. (speaking of Child, one of Cambridge’s most famous residents, she would have been 100 today! Many restaurants in the area are celebrating the occasion with special menus and events).