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Alert: New concoction at Artisanal Brasserie! [CLOSED]

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

2010-02-10-183433.jpgJust when I thought there was nothing more that could be done with F.O.S. comes this new invention by Chef Terrance Brennan of Artisanal Bistro and Artisanal Brasserie (rated the #1 French Onion Soup in the world by your favorite onion soup blogger).  Testing right now at Artisanal Brasserie in Bellevue is a “French Onion Soup Fondue”!  It contains their “Artisanal Blend” fondue, with their onion soup broth, along with onions themselves.  Although as many of you know I don’t normally eat the bread in the F.O.S., I still really enjoyed this fondue.  It’s also great with the optional apples and kielbasa.  Since this is not a soup, I will not rate it here, but I thought you should all know about it.  I can’t imagine having this fondue *and* the actual french onion soup on a regular basis, so I probably won’t be eating this too often (because I don’t want to miss out on the #1 soup).  I would love to hear other comments from people who try this!

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A Study of Trader Joe’s F.O.S. Product

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Some people have mentioned that Trader Joe’s sells a pre-packaged french onion soup, so I decided to try it out and publish a study here (without rating it, since it is not at a restaurant).  The package is frozen, including the cheese and croutons, and it is placed in an oven-safe bowl, and then either baked for 45 minutes as-is, or microwaved for 7 minutes.  If you microwave it, you must then add your own cheese and put it in the oven for around 2 minutes.  I tried it both ways, and the baked one had better broth, but the microwaved version has the benefit of being able to choose your own cheese.  In any case, I wouldn’t recommend this unless you have no alternative.

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Pilgrimage to France

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Spent last week in France and sampled some O.S. from the motherland.  Overall, my rating would have been high on the cheese and low on the soup.  The broth was remarkably bland at all 4 places I tried.

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La Poule Au Pot, Paris

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L’Alsace, Paris

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Hippopotamus, Lyon

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Le Deauville, Paris

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Notice

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

I’m currently catching up on various places where I’ve had F.O.S. over the past few months.  The idea of this blog is that it will be updated as I try new places.

Please add restaurant suggestions as comments to this entry!

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