Le Petit Bistro

A big sign overhead. HEALTHY drew me in.
ughhhh oh, it’s airport food. ughhh
I order broccoli, brown rice and BBQ chicken from the steam table. The rice is fine. The broc is rubber. The chicken is terrible.

Gross!!!
Bourbon chicken was mushy, not to mention pink on the inside if you cut into it. I sadly discovered this after I bit into a piece of the chicken.
Spinach fettuccine and rice were just ok, nothing special. Funny how looks can be deceiving. I wouldn’t recommend this place!

Everytime I eat here I tell myself I’ll try one of the numerous offerings they have. But for some strange reason I go back to the same thing. Rice with half bourbon chicken, half spicy chicken. Reliable, comforting and cheap.

Using airports like LAX and OAK, you get used to a certain kind of airport food. It’s usually really expensive, like a $ 9 «value meal» from the McDonalds in the terminal, a $ 5 slice of pizza, etc. You figure they can rip you off because you have no other options.
When I was in IAH for a layover, I was pretty amazed at how pimped out terminal E was. There were tons of stores and places to eat, it was like being in a mall. Even better, the food there wasn’t a horrible ripoff! I chose Le Petit Bistro semi-​randomly, but was amazed that I got a whole plate of bourbon chicken, rice and a salad for just $ 5.95. The food was even tasty. It absolutely raised my opinion of Texas as a whole, which had previously been a mushy glop of opinions formed from watching King of the Hill, cowboy movies and the last stand at the Alamo. Now, Texas is in my mind as a place where you can get cheap cajun food and the servers call you «y’all.» Rad.