Noir | Menu | Traditional French restaurant in Utrecht

To start

Starters

Soupe à l'oignon gratinée

€9.50

Onion soup in a ceramic bowl, with bread and melted cheese on top.

Escargots de Bourgogne

€11.00

Six snails baked in their shells with garlic and parsley butter. Served with bread for the butter.

Pâté de campagne

€10.50

Country pâté with cornichons, wholegrain mustard and toasted baguette.

Salade lyonnaise

€10.00

Frisée lettuce, lardons, a soft poached egg and a Dijon vinaigrette.

Quiche lorraine

€9.00

A warm slice of quiche with cream, bacon and gruyère, and a small green salad.

Oeufs en meurette

€10.50

Poached eggs in red wine sauce with lardons, mushrooms and shallots.

Beef bourguignon in a cast iron casserole, with carrots, pearl onions and a sprig of thyme, beside a glass of red wine

From the kitchen

Main courses

Coq au vin

€23.50

Chicken braised in red wine, with mushrooms and pearl onions, served from the copper pot.

Boeuf bourguignon

€24.50

Beef braised in red wine with carrots, pearl onions and thyme, with mashed potatoes.

Confit de canard

€25.00

Duck leg cooked slowly in its own fat, with roasted potatoes and a green salad.

Sole meunière

€26.50

Whole sole fried in butter with lemon and parsley, served with steamed potatoes.

Cassoulet

€22.50

White beans baked with duck confit, sausage and a crust of bread crumbs.

Ratatouille

€18.50

Aubergine, courgette, peppers and tomato cooked together, with rice or bread.

Corner of a small French bistro bar with wine bottles, upturned glasses and a bottle of cognac in warm lamplight

At the bar

Wine and drinks

We pour French wine by the glass and the bottle. The list leans towards Bordeaux, the Loire and the Rhône, and we keep a few digestifs behind the bar.

House red or white

€5.50

A glass, poured from the bottle we open each day.

Wine by the bottle

€24.00

From €24. Ask at the table for the full list.

Kir

€6.00

White wine with a measure of blackcurrant liqueur.

Digestif

€7.00

Cognac, armagnac or calvados, poured at the bar.

From the trolley

Cheese

Plateau de fromages

€13.50

A board of French cheeses with walnuts, quince paste and baguette.

To finish

Desserts

Tarte tatin

€8.50

Upside-down caramelised apple tart, with a spoonful of crème fraîche.

Crème brûlée

€7.50

Vanilla custard with a crust of burnt sugar, cracked at the table.

Mousse au chocolat