Grand Café de la Poste

Occasion: Big group dinner - the first wedding event
Location: Grand Café de la Poste, on the Place du 16 Novembre in the new part of town, Guéliz
Edibles: all sorts of stuff - more details below

Musings: They have quite the quirky menu at Café de la Poste. In my immediate vicinity at the table, there ended up being four different world cuisines represented, and the menu had at least two more.

In general, this kind of menu makes me nervous. It's tough on the kitchen in two ways: the staff have to learn to cook a ton of dishes, and they need to keep a lot of ingredients on hand (which in turn means that either their food costs are astronomical, or most of the stuff's frozen). For the customer, ordering is a crapshoot. There's always at least one cuisine the restaurant doesn't do very well - question is, which one?

Anthony and Michelle pronounced themselves "tagined-out" after their adventures in Fez and the Sahara before meeting up with the wedding party. Anthony ordered spaghetti Bolognese and Michelle ordered a steak. Anthony's pasta looked pretty mediocre. Michelle's steak was gigantic, but I didn't find it particularly appealing.

Winnie and Alice both ordered fish. I had a nibble of them, and both were fine. Not stunning or anything, but decent. I was really craving something fresh and crisp, so I ordered the salad with chicken and avocado. It was also fine, if a bit overloaded with chicken and light on the lettuce.

Imon was particularly adventurous and ordered a French dinner of escargots and seared steak tartare. Surprisingly enough, the escargots were done perfectly! Really buttery and tender. Hands down my favorite dish of the night. The steak tartare was well-seasoned, but I didn't like how the searing made the meat lukewarm. I like my tartare nice and chilled.

Café de la Poste has a nice space, but the menu could use some editing. If French is what they do best, they should stick with that and not faff around trying to be all things to all tourists.