If you’re a trop de choix tue le choix (too much choice kills the choice) kind of person, then the newly opened French bistro, Le Relais de l’Entrecôte, is just what you need. The French bistro is famous for being a single dish restaurant that will have its visitors answering only one question: how will my steak be cooked today? Since its establishment in 1959 by Paul Gineste de Saurs, l’Entrecôte has been a crowd-assembler – around the world, people stand outside the bistro in long lines, but in Egypt, it stands as empty land. The bistro was originally named Le Relais de Venise-Son Entrecôte, but after de Saurs passed away in 1966, his three children kept their father’s business in the form of three different restaurant chains. Hence, one might find Le Relais de Venise: L’Entrecôte, which has branches in New York City, London, and Mexico City, L’Entrecôte, which has five branches in France, and finally, Le Relais de L’Entrecôte, which has branches in Paris, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The three branches, however, all serve the same top-notch steak-frites dish. I had visited Le Relais de Venise: L’Entrecôte…
Review: Does Cairo’s Le Relais de l’Entrecôte Live Up to the International Original?
June 13, 2022
