On the French Front: Brasserie 73 Bistro & Wine Bar

Drawn along a clean sweep in the heart of Skippack is the French-inspired, elegant eatery known as Brasserie 73 Bistro & Wine Bar.

In a spacious setting, the care shown in the neatly handled look of each table foreshadows how seriously food is taken—whether it is for breakfast, a midday munch or night on the town. This upscale bistro incorporates respectfully modeled influences from cuisine samplings stemming across the ocean to the food fortress of France.

With one of the most nutrient-heavy pomme de terres for a pre-entrée ladling, a brightly alluring sweet potato soup offers salutations to the tongue with every measured, warm spoonful. The low-set bowl finds a circular sprinkling of browns sugar in its middle, tucked with three lightly browned and toasted miniature marshmallows—playing quite a tease for the better on anxious taste buds as a slightly autumn-swept souvenir, while the heat of summer soars.

A heaping plate of artisan cheeses including honey goat, Roquefort, huntsman and an obviously Irish Dubliner matched with a handful of crackers, red grapes, Granny Smith apples and the spreadable suitors of whole grain mustard, a sweet quince paste, apricot marmalade and grape mustard stir flavor settings with their poignantly paired tastes, puckering lips a few pinches’ worth by way of the more tart specialty dairy selections.

The seared salmon procures a smooth and almost buttery bite between knife and fork, with the accompanying of uncut carrots, peas, potatoes and many a mushroom joining the dish perfectly via vegetables cooked just right in combination with a seafood lure that speaks of anything but fish reminders.

A meal of veal medallions soaked in a juicy reduction, houses three savory slivers of the young meat with a lightly finished lemon herb risotto and green beans, or their foreign name, haricots verts.

 While entrées are certainly delectably done in this welcoming bistro environment, the early add-ons of dinner moments stand out as their own impressive palate push.

Find Brasserie 73 Bistro & Wine Bar at 4024 Skippack Pike in Skippack, PA 19474 and online at www.brasserie73.net.