| A cold glass of wine, a bit of baguette and a nice salad...un repas delicieux |
To whet your appetite for The Pitch's annual Best of Kansas City issue in October, we're counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7.
When the summer heat is as oppressive as it's been for the last week, who needs a heavy meal? Eating light is the right answer in any language, but at Cafe Provence in the Prairie Village Shopping Center, the perfect meal to counter the misery of the heat is salade de poulet -- but no ordinary chicken salad, no.
The light, flavorful salade de poulet on this cafe's lunch menu -- if you ask sweetly, chef Daniel Quillec will serve it at dinner, too -- is a pretty little tower constructed of cold chicken pieces lightly dressed in a silky, sassily seasoned curry cream and sliced cold red grapes and crunchy walnuts. This is topped with fresh green sprinkled with a tart vinaigrette and more walnuts. Eaten with a hunk of buttered baguette and a goblet of, say, a nicely chilled Sauvignon Blanc, it's a meal that's both comforting and light.
Our list so far:
No. 50: Chocolate Malt from Fox's Drug Store
No. 49: Il Parma from Bella Napoli
No. 48: Italian sausage and eggs from Cascone's Grill
No. 47: Orange Roll from Clock Tower Bakery
No. 46: Tacos de cochinita from Frida's Contemporary Mexican Cuisine
No. 45: Barbecued pork bun from 888 International Market
No. 44: Tableside fresh mozzarella from Jasper's
No. 43: Gyro Sandwich from Mr. Gyros Greek Food & Pastry
No. 42: Apple strudel from Grunauer
No. 41: Rice noodle bowl from dim sum at Bo Lings
No. 40: E-Crush from Hi-Hat Coffee
No. 39: Flight of Freshness from Fresher than Fresh Snow Cones
