"sometimes eating in a restaurant is not about trendy eating, fine eating and small teller, but eating about comfort that makes them happy. recently I went to a small restaurant in angel: le sacré coeur, where one of my French friends invited me. it was a good reason to recover many years in a familiar and simple atmosphere. to begin the meal, we shared a plate of mix of marinated olives, cheese with sef and brot olive oil, as our waitress told us the most important courses were quite large. the cheese was good, served at room temperature, two disappointing points over this plate: the quality of the brotes was 't good, so a scandal for a French restaurant and where was the saucisson? my friend ordered a entrecôte grill with a pfeffer sauce. I was impressed by the size of her entrecôte and it was served with beautifully cooked thin frits. the entrecôte was perfectly cooked, tender and juicy. this entrecôte was better and cheaper than the one I tried in chabrot bistrot des halls at smithfield market. as a main course I had the classic coq au vin. it was such a pleasure to have a classic dish done so well, the carrots and mushrooms were slowly cooked in the sauce. carrots melt like butter in mouth. I remember when I went to the trendy brasserie zedel at piccadilly, the mushrooms and carrots were cooked separately from the sauce, it did not taste as great as they were too crispy. the coq au vin first came to the table, I did not notice that it came with a side: sautéed kartoffeln. I think this court would have been enough to be shared by two people. le sacré coeur is not the "coolest place to be for a meal in london, but for me this place was much better than some trendy places. it was very good worth a (massive) main course around £12, it came to £20 per head with wein and the plate we shared. sometimes they can surprise the humblest looking places. le sacré coeur was a simple French restaurant with a very friendly atmosphere and nice French waiter (I know that they are in the real famous to be rude to chris pople.) I will definitely come back to le sacré coeur when I am nostalgic or if I want to eat real French comfort eating without a poor le sacré coeur on when the bill comes. 8/10"
