Bistro Des Amis is excited you are visiting our
Houston restaurant French specials website. Our main website is
BistroDesAmis.com. This website is a more informative website about French
dining, French wine and Houston French restaurants.
Unlike other cuisines that have been much
Americanized such as Italian food, the American French cuisine(s) are intended
to be genuine French cooking. The best in French cooking comes from chefs
who were trained in France. Bernard Cuillier, the founder of Bistro Des
Amis was trained and educated in France and holds the highest International
ranking a chef can hold. So, when it comes to Houston French restaurants,
Bistro Des Amis offers authentic French foods.
Master chef Bernard Cuillier,
Founder of Bistro Des Amis
is one of the original chefs
knighted into the World
Master Chef Organization,
the highest International
honor that can be bestowed
upon a chef.
Understanding French food and culture is very
important to finding a genuine Houston French
restaurant. Some of the most well known and
longest standing Houston "French" restaurants, or those
who classify themselves as being a French restaurant
here in Houston classify themselves, on their own
websites, as being New Orleans style in cuisine, which
is not genuine French cooking. That is Cajun food,
not French food. A difference exists and if those
Houston restaurants can classify themselves as French
restaurants, then Vietnamese restaurant could classify
themselves as French restaurants. Bistro Des Amis
was designed to offer a genuine elegant French cuisine
in a casual atmosphere with prices to reflect.
Factually, the Houston Press wrote an article about
Bistro Des Amis in 2009, titled, "On a Budget at Bistro
Des Amis." Training is important and yes, other
Houston French restaurants' chefs and owners have
training in France but, Bernard Cuillier has the rank of
Master Chef and and not only has he been knighted into
the Master Chef Organization, Bernard was one of the
first chefs to be knighted.
Location of this Houston
French restaurant is important to a quality afternoon
and or evening. Located on University Boulevard in
the Rice Village, an entire afternoon can be planned
strolling through Rice Village then enjoying an elegant
French meal is a casual Houston French Bistro.
Many Houstonians are fixed on ambiance but, the ambiance
Bistro Des Amis has set fits the name of the restaurant,
which translates to Bistro of my Friends. The
atmosphere is homey and friendly and Bernard can often
be found visiting his patrons in the dining room who are
also his friends.
