Food Porn: Chez Billy

I have a coworker who talks about this place all the time. I finally had a chance to check it out for a friend's birthday celebration. So after a day out at Lincoln's Cottage, we headed over to nearby Petworth to check out this restaurant. I absolutely loved the interior of the restaurant, especially the big open bar space.

We started off with some oysters and frites, as well as some beers in the back patio before heading in to what would be a very rich, filling dinner. My French food experience is fairly limited. I tend to lean toward more spicy and complex (in a different way) dishes. This is not to say that French food isn't complex, but they do an amazing job of making something seem so simple, but I'm sure the process to get to that point was far from it.

I opted for a salmon special which sat on the most buttery potato puree I've had in a long time, accompanied with mushrooms and bacon. The birthday boy offered for the classic French duck dish. The sauces were truly divine so it lived up to what French food really is: an indulgence to be experienced fully and perhaps only once in a while. :)