L’Assiette

True blue Gallic classics line the menu at this casual, cosy eatery, the latest addition to the gastronomic enclave of Greenwood Avenue. The French maîtres behind the perennially popular L’Angelus and Les Bouchons restaurants certainly know what they’re doing – whitewashed walls, artfully distressed and festooned with vintage Parisian posters, and pastel-coloured tablecloths recall meals at the grandmère’s. Unsurprisingly, wines here are French and boast lighter price tags as most are imported directly from the motherland.

Assorted hors d’oeuvres from the trolley are as bucolically French as you can get; be sure to pick the homemade pork rillettes and terrine, thinly sliced saucisson, and olive oil-draped anchovies. The mains read like the index of the Larousse Gastronomique — Lyonnais pike fish quenelles come bathed in a rich seafood broth, hachis Parmentier (a French version of shepherd’s pie) boasts silky mashed potato and succulent stewed oxtail meat, and the choucroute royale comprises a gargantuan mound of Alsatian sausages, smoked bacon, pork knuckle and homemade sauerkraut. The best desserts come delightfully boozed up — have a go at their rum-soaked baba rhum or chocolate truffle crepe drenched in Armagnac.

In a quirky nod to the restaurant’s name, a colourful collection of plates (‘assiette’ in French) is mounted upon the walls. A regular and proud of it? Establish your seniority by bringing your own plates to add to the décor.

14 Greenwood Avenue. Tel: 6464 6458