Etoile Cuisine et Bar is Chef Philippe Verpiand’s classic French restaurant in Houston — and with the title Master Chef of France, you can already guess how good it is.
The menu is French through and through: delicate escargot swimming in butter, a proper steak au poivre, and a floating island of meringue and custard to finish. Katie Stone sits down with Chef Philippe to talk through the dishes and the craft behind a kitchen that takes classic French cooking seriously — and makes it absolutely delicious.
00:00 – Meet Chef Phillipe Verpiand
02:50 – Tartare de Boeuf
06:09 – Escargots de Bourgogne
09:59 – Filet de Boeuf ‘au Poivre
14:00 – Bouillabaisse
18:10 – Île Flottante a la Pistache
20:31 – Tarte au Citron “Meyer”
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