Bistro Frite

“The double-fry technique employed at Bistro Frite produces a matchstick fry of aspirational exterior and present as a rumor interior. The vegetable is evident and appropriate. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The portion is forthcoming. One notes the address for future reference and then, somewhat against one's usual practice, acts on it. The fry alone merits the journey to Woodside.”

“The fry at Bistro Frite does not call attention to itself. It does not need to. The matchstick format is executed with a precision that suggests long practice and very few shortcuts. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. One finds, upon reflection, that the fries were the correct decision. One proceeds. One is glad one did.”

“The matchstick fry at Bistro Frite requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is aspirational. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, present as a rumor. vegetable has been employed with discretion. One returns.”

“One does not come to Woodside for the fries. One comes for the fries at Bistro Frite. The distinction matters. The matchstick fry is aspirational without, and present as a rumor within. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The portion is forthcoming. The distinction, once understood, becomes permanent. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.”

“One finds at Bistro Frite a matchstick fry that has been attended to. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The portion is forthcoming. Attendance, as a form of culinary philosophy, is rarer than it should be. The address is committed to memory.”