Petite
Fortitude Valley
Petite is a stunning two-level contemporary French restaurant and wine bar located on a Fortitude Valley corner just across from James Street.
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The splendid glass-encased venue features soaring celiings, chic leather booths along the street wall, opulent chandeliers, giant concrete pillars, and, at one end, an open kitchen.
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The menu, which features some customer faves from Cameron and Jordan's neighbouring popup French bistro Mini (now closed), takes French tradition and adds a delectable modern twist.
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On offer are twenty plates, with a carefully curated list of twenty French wines matched to each dish, available by the glass or bottle.
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Small dishes include oysters (natural or mignonette); baked scallop; kingfish carpaccio (must-try); and melt-in-the-mouth goat's cheese croquettes.
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There's also steak tartare with gherkins, confit yolk and pomme gaufretta (fried potato); onion tarte with crème fraîche and pork terrine, onion jam, cornichons and sourdough bread. .
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Delicious medium-size plates include pan-fried gnocchi with comte cream; and Cordon Bleu - crispy chicken filled with gruyère and ham, whilst larger plates include pan-fried fish Beurre blanc and confit duck with potato mash and duck jus.
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Otherwise there's braised lamb. mint peas & confit garlic sauce; or Steak frites - either wagyu bavette with Cafe de Paris sauce or grass-fed eye fillet with pepper cognac sauce..
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And for dessert, choices include crème brûlée, chocolate souffle, burnt Basque cheesecake or decadent cookie with chocolate and nuts, otherwise there's a small selection of French and English cheese.
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For drinks, as well as the 20 matching wines, there is a small selction of dessert wine and an entire champagne menu with 25 varieties, as well as a small cocktail list including French classic Kir Royale, martinis, negroni (classic or french) and whisky, gin or amaretto sour.
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Good to know - The upstairs space at Petite is available for larger group dining and functions.
Need to know - There is a limited amount of onstreet metered parking on East Street.
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