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The most recent information I can find is that it is two TS credits plus a supplementary fee of around $30.00. Perhaps someone who has been recently will have better information.
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Chefs de France is 1 cred, not 2, I'm pretty sure. We had lunch there at Christmas and thought the food well worth the cost.
Heck, I'd pay an upcharge for their French onion soup which DH said was better than BOG's, and that is plenty good, we both thought. I'm still kicking self that I didn't try the lobster bisque. I bet it's fabulous. Either is a prix fixe choice for your app.
We didn't do the prix fixe, but I'm thinking it would be more than worth the price. Portions are ample and well-prepared.
The only downside we experienced was it taking half of forever before they began seating people. As I recall, it took about an hour for us to get a table.
We'd still go back. Fabulous food. DH had the profiteroles and I the chocolate mousse for dessert. Yummy-yum-YUM.
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Chefs de France is 1 cred, not 2, I'm pretty sure. We had lunch there at Christmas and thought the food well worth the cost.
Heck, I'd pay an upcharge for their French onion soup which DH said was better than BOG's, and that is plenty good, we both thought. I'm still kicking self that I didn't try the lobster bisque. I bet it's fabulous. Either is a prix fixe choice for your app.
We didn't do the prix fixe, but I'm thinking it would be more than worth the price. Portions are ample and well-prepared.
The only downside we experienced was it taking half of forever before they began seating people. As I recall, it took about an hour for us to get a table.
We'd still go back. Fabulous food. DH had the profiteroles and I the chocolate mousse for dessert. Yummy-yum-YUM.
One TS credit would be fine, but 2 plus an additional $30, we'll eat somewhere else. I'll have to check into it.
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We ate there in 2014, I had the prix fixe dinner and only used 1 TS and no extra $, it was delicious! Hope it is the same, headed back in a few days and I have an ADR there! So looking forward to that French onion soup!
We ate there in 2014, I had the prix fixe dinner and only used 1 TS and no extra $, it was delicious! Hope it is the same, headed back in a few days and I have an ADR there! So looking forward to that French onion soup!
Lucky you! Have a wonderful trip! My DH loves French onion soup too and I'm looking forward to eating there.
The most recent information I can find is that it is two TS credits plus a supplementary fee of around $30.00. Perhaps someone who has been recently will have better information.
This is the info on the prix fixe at Monsieur Paul. Chefs de France is 1TS and there was no mention of an upcharge on the Allears menu.
Chefs de France is good, but Monsieur Paul is quite a bit better and you certainly pay for it. I have enjoyed the escargots, French onion soup, lobster bisque and various entrees over the years, including their duck confit.
I'm quite sure it's only one credit at Chefs.
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Chefs is 1 credit for sure. The only question is whether or not they will charge an up charge for the prix fixe meal if you are on the basic dining plan as that plan doesn't include apps and the prix fixe definately has 3 courses. I don't believe they do but can't be positive as I have never eaten there using the dining plan.
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I was actually considering Chefs for my October trip this year and to me the menu has changed a bit and not better. I am a foodie and been to France several times so this has something to do with it! But I think in years past the menu has been better as I've heard escargots aren't always on the menu, which some here flock to get there. Not exactly an option at a non-French restaurant!
I know there has been a person or two on this board who have questioned, whether escargots are a meat or fall into the seafood category. Well, as far as I know the snails used for consumption are from the sea (usually at low tide)and not from the earth in ground as those are inedible, which we get in the USA. They also don't have shells. They're quite gross, but never consumed one, nor do I ever want to! I'll leave that experience to Andrew Zimern!
The common areas in France for these are Provence and Burgundy regions. Mostly prepared in the shell with garlic, parsley and butter and a few other ways. For those, who have never experienced them, the texture is close to clams, oysters, molluscs and closest to mussels out of all of them.
Just thought, I'd try to clarify this a bit. Mussels are great in an Italian restaurant with a garlic marinara sauce, which can't be beat if you can get them and done right! Another reason why I love my area for Italian food!
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Ohhh, THANKS, SuperDave for making me want that fantastic seafood stew I had at Tutto Italia a few years ago. It had mussels along with calamari, shrimp, clams and some chunks of fish in a garlicky, tomatoey broth that was stupendous! Which reminds me, I must look for the frozen seafood mix at our supermarket and make my knockoff of that stew again. I posted my recipe here on PP. If anyone's interested, I can add a link to it.
Escargot are an acquired taste that some never acquire, I agree, and many have no idea why anyone would want to. The ones I had at Chefs were beautifully flavored but a wee bit overcooked. I actually had better at Union Station in Kansas City years ago.
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Escargots are definitely an acquired taste and I do enjoy them. But it takes a lot of flavoring to make them taste good. They certainly would not be good on their own like many other things and seafood!
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But I think in years past the menu has been better as I've heard escargots aren't always on the menu, which some here flock to get there. Not exactly an option at a non-French restaurant! 
Well, as far as I know the snails used for consumption are from the sea (usually at low tide)and not from the earth in ground as those are inedible, which we get in the USA. They also don't have shells. They're quite gross, but never consumed one, nor do I ever want to! 
The ones I had at Chefs were beautifully flavored but a wee bit overcooked. I actually had better at Union Station in Kansas City years ago.
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