Editor Pick
Do not Miss It
- September 7, 2008
- Rated 5 of 5 by
Wasatch from heber ctity, Utah
Jeanne d'Arc four courses prix fix spinach goat cheese soup lamb shank breast of duck with raspberry sauce mashed endive grande marnier souffle & cream anglaise great atmosphere $38 wine $22 up veg soup mostly tomato, goat cheese spinach in puff pastry, entrees salmon, swordfish, prawns & scallops in tomatoes white wine, roast duck breastt raspberry sauce, duck confit, rabbit wh wine & mushroom, roast loin of lamb, steak au poivre flamed incongnac, fillet mignon forrester: mushroowm stuffei homatoe braised bok choi, mashed; gr marnier suffle or chocolate mousse.
Dinner at Jeanne d’Arc was hands down the best meal we had in San Francisco. For the money, it was one of the very best meals we ever had anywhere. In short, Jeanne d’Arc offered a great atmosphere, good service, fine food, and relatively low prices: $38 for a four courses meal of classic French cuisine. Wine starting around $22 a bottle.
Jeanne d’Arc only has a prix fixe menu of four courses. The appetizer course offered a salad or a hot dish of spinach and goat cheese in puff pastry, which we all ordered and it was superb. Next came "Summer Vegetable Soup", basically a watery tomato soup which was well done for what it was, but it was the least impressive part of the meal. For the main courses, she had Roast Duck Breast in Raspberry sauce, a fine variation on Duck a l’Orange. The slices of duck breast were perfectly prepared, slightly pink in the middle.
I had a first rate Braised Lamb Shank, with meat so tender that only a fork was needed to clean the shank to the bone. It was served with a classic, tasty, Espagnole sauce.
All entrees were accompanied by fine mashed potatoes, tasty braised bok choi, and a half a tomato stuffed with mushrooms. Then came dessert, a wonderful Grand Marnier soufffle served with a cream Anglaise on the side. The waiter helpfully instucted us on the proper procedure for adding the cream to the souffle. The other option for dessert was chocolate mousse.
The meal was very filling, almost too much so.
Other main courses included salmon, swordfish, prawns & scallops in tomato white wine, duck confit, rabbit in white wine & mushrooms, roast loin of lamb, steak au poivre flamed in congnac, and fillet mignon forrester. And all at the same price.
As the menu notes, Jeanne d’Arc is "Cuisine Traditionelle", a classic true French Bistro. It is not the ultimate in haut cuisine, nor does it try to be, but for what it is is, which is very,very good, it is very,very good. Don’t miss it. I recommend with out any reservations, that when visiting San Francisco, there are two meals you must eat: a dim sum lunch, and a dinner at Jeanne d’Arc.
From journal Return to San Francisco after 15 Years