I'm still not convinced Bordeaux has much to offer in the way of good food- there isn't even an Anthony Bourdain episode about Bordeaux!
I've
never really used yelp to find places eat, I generally rely on word of
mouth or the ambiance of a restaurant to decide where to go. Here in
Bordeaux, however, the restaurants are generally variations on the same
theme and it's difficult to one storefront from another. Yelp isn't
widely used here, and Qype, the French equivalent hasn't been
particularly helpful.
Tsoleene, Hannah and I decided we are going to remedy this and start reviewing restaurants on our own.
Tonight we chose Fufu Noodles. We made our decision based on the amount of people packed into this tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery on Rue Saint Remi.
Inside, we we're seated at the bar facing the open kitchen where cooks flipped and fried noodles in giant woks.
When
you convert the prices into dollars, the noodle bowls are a bit steep
(9-12 Euros). They are quite large however and you could stretch one
meal into two if you take your left overs to go. Hannah's dinner was
the best of the three, she ordered the Yasai Ramen, wok fried noodles
that tasted almost of cinnamon, with pickled ginger on top.
Though
I understand the appeal of Fufu, with it's easy going ambiance and
warmly lit interiors, I would not necessarily make this restaurant a
destination. Many of the dishes were too rich or too plain, both short
comings when you're faced with such a massive bowl of ramen.
