Jules Bistro

All about Jules

Jules Brouard returned to Paris after the war to take up work in the abattoirs of Les Halles de Villette – Paris’ meat-market. Imagine a place barely changed since Zola epitomised the lives of its inhabitants in his novels; steaming half-carcasses, brutes of men in aprons, fogs of Gauloises, meat-hooks and knives, glinting in the sodium light, stripping flesh from bone, discarding fat & sinew, to bring Parisians – from Moulin Rouge dancers & rive gauche artists to Counts & Countesses – their saussicon, their fillet mignon, their boudin noir…this was the world the original Jules inhabited.

The sights, the smells, the stories came home with him day after day, stained into his aprons, crusting his overalls, carved into illicit joints of paper-wrapped meat to be shared with a baguette & jugs of wine. His impressionable grandson could not help but be fascinated, be drawn into this other world where he developed his love of the characters, of the food, of the honesty & authenticity of traditionally sourced and perfectly prepared ingredients that is French bistro cuisine.

At Jules Bistro, that grandson, Chef Laurent, now shares his passion with you.

Chef Patron Laurent & his partner in Jules, Patron Connaisseur Nick are two expatriates living in Hong Kong, drawn together through a common belief in sharing good times with family and friends with honest simple tasty food lovingly prepared. Come and explore bistro cuisine at Jules; relax, enjoy the ambiance of Paris, the hubbub of conversation and laughter, the clink of glasses, the cries of “Service!” from the open kitchen. Let Chef Laurent lead you on this adventure tantalizing your taste buds with a typical aperitif; guiding you through the choice of charcuterie; pairing a wine for you; recommending cheeses; maybe sharing a digestif and a story with you.