[vii]

Single menu item steak frites restaurants are available in NYC and London and apparently Mexico City - https://relaisdevenise.com/ They import the secret sauce from France.

These restaurants also make it easy to split the bill as everybody has the same thing!

[chrisseaton]

> They import the secret sauce from France.

Do you mean virgin sauce (sauce vierge)?

It's olive oil / butter, mustard, parsley / thyme, capers, olives, often anchovies, and some other aromatic herbs.

[vii]

that's what the waiters told us!

But here is someone who claims to have found the recipe: http://www.nogarlicnoonions.com/lentrecote-restaurant-famous...

* One chicken liver

* One shallot

* One sprig fresh thyme, tarragon, parsley

* 10 cl of liquid cream

* One tablespoon of Dijon mustard

* 20 g butter

* 3 cups of water

[buran77]

I just love restaurants that serve one or very few items even if they're small bodegas or a street cart. Being presented with a 12 page menu is off putting, and knowing a single place simply cannot serve 200 types of quality food (ingredients, cooking methods, etc.) is a significant part of that.

With a half a page menu I simply know the cook/chef specialized in that, and the ingredients have a better chance of being fresh and higher quality. One great sauce is 10 times better than a full menu of random choices.

[Akronymus]

Speaking of small restaurant: A few years ago I was visiting Vienna with my parents, where we strolled around the back alleys. There we found a small bakery[1] and across from that a small "Kaffeehaus" [2]. There we were able to literally buy some freshly baked bread/pastries from the bakery, walk 20m or so over and have breakfast with what we bought over there.

That is something you can barely ever find anywhere. It is also one of the reasons I try to avoid famous places and instead search out to the hidden parts of the city.

[1] https://www.kornradl.at/

[2] Like 3 tables and with a giant bookshelf of interesting books.

[rkuykendall-com]

> I just love restaurants that serve one or very few items even if they're small bodegas or a street cart.

What's funny is NYC street carts, where the entire surface of the cart is covered in "menu," including hot dogs, sandwiches, burgers, gyros, salads, Philly cheese-steaks, literally anything you can imagine.

But they all _actually_ have only 3 menu items: Chicken over Rice, Lamb over Rice, and Falafel over Rice.

[Cactus2018]

Similar restaurant in the DC\MD\VA area

http://www.mediumrarerestaurant.com/