{"id":50083,"date":"2018-10-27T17:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=50083"},"modified":"2018-11-10T07:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T13:55:42","slug":"la-madeleine-albuquerque-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=50083","title":{"rendered":"La Madeleine &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_50084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50084\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50084 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/500;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 750w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01-300x200.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?size=128x85&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?size=384x256&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?size=512x341&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine01.jpg?size=640x427&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Madeleine French Bakery &amp; Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u201cShow me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>~Charles Maurice de Talleyrand<\/strong><em>&#8211;<\/em><strong><strong><span class=\"st\">P\u00e9rigord<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">On Wednesday, November 3, 1948, at\u00a0Auberge La Couronne in Roule, France,\u00a0 Julia Child ate what she later declared to be the \u201cmost exciting meal of her life,\u201d a veritable feast she shared with her husband Paul: six Brittany oysters, Dover sole meuniere, green salad, fromage blanc with berries, and coffee. Since the airing of \u201cJulie &amp; Julia\u2019\u2019 diners (mostly American and British) have made pilgrimages to Roule<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"> in attempt to replicate the French Chef\u2019s gastronomic epiphany. Replicating what Julia ordered is easy. The menu at La Couronne offers the very same meal, calling it \u201cMenu Julia Child.\u201d Replicating the experience itself is not always so easy for American diners who don\u2019t always esteem the experiential aspects of dining as highly as the French do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">American writer Alice B. Toklas relished the dining experience, too, noting: \u201c<em>The French approach to food is characteristic; they bring to their consideration of the table the same appreciation, respect, intelligence and lively interest that they have for the other arts, for painting, for literature, and for the theater<\/em>.\u201d Other expats\u2014Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Pablo Picasso\u2014were similarly caught up in the gastronomic delicacies Paris had to offer, but like Julia and Alice, relished even more the experiential aspects of a meal: the deliberate pace, purposeful gustation, convivial conversation and the bonding of kindred souls enjoying each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50087\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50087 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/647;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"647\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 750w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04-300x259.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?size=128x110&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?size=384x331&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?size=512x442&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine04.jpg?size=640x552&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry &amp; Bacon Spinach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">My first and subsequent dining experiences in France with mon amis French weren\u2019t quite as epiphanic as Julia Child\u2019s, but they did allow me to observe some very fundamental differences between how the French and Americans approach a meal. As a practicing gastronome, those differences resonated deeply. At the risk of being accused of oikophobia, here are some of those differences:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Where American blood pressure elevates if we\u2019re forced to wait more than two minutes for our meals to be served, the French don\u2019t mind waiting as the anticipation makes the taste buds more eager. Where an American meal seems like a sprint, a French meal is a marathon. Americans practically inhale their food, barely stopping to taste it while the French savor their food. They actually focus on it and give themselves time to enjoy each and every morsel. Where Americans swill beer with the same attack and gobble mentality with which we approach food, the French enjoy wine with their meals, taking the time to savor its nuanced flavors, color and body.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50088\" style=\"width: 735px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50088 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 735px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 735\/700;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 735w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05-300x286.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?size=128x122&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?size=384x366&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?size=512x488&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine05.jpg?size=640x610&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cream of Mushroom Soup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Taking into account the French propensity for leisurely, purposeful dining, I had to wonder how the \u201cFrench inspired\u201d bakery-caf\u00e9 La Madeleine would suit the more frenetic American lifestyle. Moreover, whether it could be true to the French countryside dining experience its founder Patrick Leon Esquerre hoped to introduce to America when he launched his first bakery in February, 1983. Having grown up in the Loire Valley region of France, Esquerre had pined for meal times that revolved around homegrown, hand-prepared foods, friends, family and heartfelt conversation. He yearned for the aroma of fresh-baked baguettes and lingering over an espresso at the corner caf\u00e9. Not finding these aspects readily available in America, he decided to create his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Over time, La Madeleine expanded from a simple French bakery in Dallas, Texas to a caf\u00e9 and neighborhood gathering place in which classic country French fare could be found. Today, La Madeleine has a presence in more than seventy locations throughout the fruited plain. According to its website, \u201cat the heart of the La Madeleine experience is the ability to retreat from the world outside and, for a few moments, enjoy life and food and friends at your own pace.\u201d\u00a0 It may be a challenge for you to retreat from the world outside when Albuquerque&#8217;s sole La Madeleine is situated in the bustling, burgeoning, maddening Uptown shopping district. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50085\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50085 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/561;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"561\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 750w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02-300x224.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?size=384x287&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?size=512x383&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine02.jpg?size=640x479&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Nor will you find yourself magically transported to Paris when you&#8217;re standing in line to place your order at a counter.\u00a0 La Madeleine&#8217;s cafeteria-style concept feels so much more American than it does French, reminiscent of a sort of upscale Furr&#8217;s Cafeteria.\u00a0 Not even the huge pastry cases&#8211;displaying everything from croissants to linzer cookies to madeleines (the small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape)&#8211;will remind you of authentic French bakeries.\u00a0 As for the dining area, if the walls were crowded with more bric-a-brac, you couldn&#8217;t distinguish it from a Cracker Barrel.\u00a0 When I called it all &#8220;fake French,&#8221; my Kim chided me, &#8220;<em>if it was good enough for Julia Child, it&#8217;s good enough for you<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 She then reminded me that in 1992, La Madeleine catered an event for Julia Child.\u00a0 Touch\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">There is one aspect of dining in France we didn&#8217;t miss&#8211;the stereotypical and oh-so-real surliness, scorn and condescension of some servers.\u00a0 In Paris, our debonair dachshund The Dude would probably have been called a &#8220;boche dog.&#8221;\u00a0 At La Madeleine he was treated like the royalty he is.\u00a0 So were we.\u00a0 The dog-friendly patio is comfortable, capacious and relatively quiet considering the proximity to a large parking structure and Louisiana Blvd.\u00a0 La Madeleine is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a number of signature dishes dotting the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50089\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50089 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/645;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"645\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 750w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06-300x258.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?size=128x110&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?size=384x330&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?size=512x440&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine06.jpg?size=640x550&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate Croissant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">As we contemplated the lunch menu, we enjoyed one of the bakery-cafe&#8217;s seven fresh-made salades, the\u00a0 <em><strong>Strawberry &amp; Bacon Spinach<\/strong><\/em> salade (fresh strawberries, crisp bacon, toasted pecans, red bell pepper and fresh spinach tossed in balsamic vinaigrette).\u00a0 While the listed ingredients would have you believe this salad is a study in contrasting flavor profiles, we found it surprisingly one-note.\u00a0 That note is tart.\u00a0 The strawberries, though a vibrant red, aren&#8217;t especially sweet and the vinaigrette is, not surprisingly, vinegary and more than a bit tart.\u00a0 Though the salade has bacon and pecans, they&#8217;re crushed into tiny pieces and don&#8217;t really make their presence felt.\u00a0 This salade ached for a good French bleu d&#8217;Auvergne, a potent blue cheese&#8230;preferably lots of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Much better is the <em><strong>cream of mushroom soupe<\/strong><\/em> (creamy vegetarian soupe bursting with flavorful pieces of wild mushrooms and special seasonings).\u00a0 It&#8217;s got the comforting, soul-warming properties and earthy qualities of all great cream of mushroom soupes.\u00a0 The operative terms there are mushroom and earthy.\u00a0 The earthy, wild flavor of mushrooms is very prominent, not watered down.\u00a0 This is not a soupe you would consider desecrating with crackers or slurping up.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll want to savor it slowly and let your taste buds luxuriate in its comforting warmth and delightfully earthy flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50090\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50090 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/562;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 750w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07-300x225.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?size=128x96&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?size=512x384&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LaMadeleine07.jpg?size=640x480&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croissant From La Madeleine in Albuquerque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Admittedly, we chose our shared entree not because of its French authenticity, but because it reminded us of a favorite Italian dish, pasta carbonara.\u00a0 That dish, <em><strong>chicken cordon bleu pasta<\/strong><\/em> (bow tie pasta saut\u00e9ed in creamy Gruy\u00e8re cheese sauce with balsamic-marinated chicken, smoked ham, peas and red bell peppers) is obviously named for a popular dish attributed to the French (though while the dish does get its name from the French term for blue ribbon (denoting excellence), some culinary scholars believe the dish originated in Switzerland).\u00a0 Origin notwithstanding, this is an excellent dish showcasing so many great ingredients working well together.\u00a0 The salty and creamy Gruyere (a Swiss cheese) permeates and complements every other element of the dish.\u00a0 It especially contrasts well with the sweet acerbic flavor of the red pepper and the fresh green peas.\u00a0 Another plus for me is the ham and chicken being cut into small pieces, an aspect of French cooking well replicated here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Give my Kim a choice of savory or sweet croissants and she&#8217;ll always opt for the former&#8211;with lots of butter (preferably French). La Madeleine made it tougher for her to choose with sweet croissant offerings that include almond, chocolate almond, regular chocolate and raspberry cream cheese options. Predictably, she opted for the savory <em><strong>butter croissant<\/strong><\/em>, a golden-hued beauty with a buttery, flaky texture on the outside and silky, soft and airy on the inside.\u00a0 Even without slathering it on, it&#8217;s one of the most buttery croissants we&#8217;ve had in Albuquerque.\u00a0 My choice was the <em><strong>chocolate croissant<\/strong> <\/em>(more accurately, a pain au chocolat).\u00a0 Pain au chocolat (which translates from French to &#8220;chocolate bread&#8221;), consists of a rectangular yeast pastry dough similar to a croissant, wrapped around dark chocolate.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a very good version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">You probably won&#8217;t regard your dining experiences at La Madeleine as life-changing as Julia Child did her inaugural experience at Auberge La Couronne, but you will come away with an appreciation for solid, delicious food and the pleasant milieu in which it is served.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>La Madeleine<\/strong><br \/>\n2110 Louisiana Blvd, N.E.<br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n(505) 274-7555<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lamadeleine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Site<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/La-Madeleine-French-Bakery-Caf%C3%A9-1908383326094599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 27 October 2018<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: N\/R<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>REVIEW #1069<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Menu, Reviews, Photos &amp; Information about La Madeleine, Uptown and other Restaurants in Albuquerque\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/albuquerque-nm\/la-madeleine-uptown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px; padding: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/logo\/18822950\/biglink\" alt=\"La Madeleine Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cShow me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.\u201d ~Charles Maurice de Talleyrand&#8211;P\u00e9rigord On Wednesday, November 3, 1948, at\u00a0Auberge La Couronne in Roule, France,\u00a0 Julia Child ate what she later declared to be the \u201cmost exciting meal of her life,\u201d a veritable feast she shared with her husband Paul: six Brittany oysters, Dover sole meuniere, green salad, fromage blanc with berries, and coffee. Since the airing of \u201cJulie &amp; Julia\u2019\u2019 diners (mostly American and British) have made pilgrimages to Roule in attempt to replicate the French Chef\u2019s gastronomic epiphany. Replicating what Julia ordered is easy. 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