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Refined French cuisine, good to the last crumb

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Just don’t lick the plate or ask for a doggie bag.  These restaurants aren’t cheap but you’ll push yourself away from the table and feel you’ve gotten full value. If you’ve come to Paris to eat as well as see the sights, here are some suggestions to start you salivating.

Le Reminet
3, rue des Grands-75000
Phone: 01 44 07 04 24
http://www.lereminet.com/

Located just behind the quay Montebello facing the Ile de la Cite and Notre Dame, Reminet is a charming little bistro  which combines a regular clientele and stray tourists. In the historic district, the restaurant has retained its charm and authenticity.
Budget: 30-60 € / Menu 13 €, 17 € and 50 €

La Cuisine de Philippe, 25 Rue Servandoni, Metro: St Sulpice, 75006, 143297637

In this retro little bistro that looks out onto the Jardin du Luxembourg, diners enjoy generous traditional dishes. The house speciality is the soufflé, savoury and sweet (guacamole and smoked salmon; hazelnut etc). Good value.

Lunch 23€ incl. drinks –  32€ (dinner) – 38€

Restaurant Mariette

24 Rue Bosquet, 75007
01 45 51 78 82
Specializes in refined French cuisine, infused with tastes from the Iberian peninsula. Chef learned the ropes from his mother then from Bocuse, Constant, Guy Martin.

http://www.restaurant-mariette.com/

samples from the menu:

Soft-boiled egg, Crab meat with spinach cream, 19 €
Duck “Foie Gras” raviolis with Sweet Potato, 18 €

MAIN COURSE

Turbot roasted over a mushrooms and coriander white butter sauce, 30 €
Loin of lamb stuffeded with chorizo Bellota, garnished with roasted leeks with butter, 29 €
Farm Chicken ‘Label Rouge’ with foie gras served with Camargue black rice), 30 €
DESSERT
Chocolate sorbet profiteroles with an Espelette pepper chocolate sauce, 11 €
AVERAGE À LA CARTE PRICES: 45 €

Le Bistrot Lorette
43 Rue Notre Dame de Lorette | 75009
01 42 81 13 87
Reservations required: less than 30 seats. Be on time or the table will be assigned to someone else. Fast service but have not been pressed to leave so far so the seat could be turned over. € 26 for a main course + dessert. Onlget veal sauce, basil goat, guinea fowl pastilla sauce with spices and roasted figs. Dessert: baked apple crumble with ice cream and caramel salted butter.

La Bonne Excuse

48 Rue de Verneuil, 75007
01 42 61 50 21
Located just a few blocks from the Musée d’Orsay, this charming bistro makes a wonderful spot to grab lunch or dinner on either side of a museum visit. The restaurant is very much in the tradition of the neo-bistro, a small place owned by a chef with expert training and an entrepreneurial streak. The menu (dinner entrees start at €24) changes often. Try the pork with green beans and preserved lemon, the langoustines, and the monkfish medallions.

Au Bon Coin, 21,rue de la Collegial, 5th Arrondissement
http://www.auboncoin-bistrot.com/en
The kind of bistro every tourist hopes to find in Paris: Out-of-the way (and therefore affordable), accessible, and serving classic French food with enough of a twist to surprise. Chef Emmanuel Chanois pairs foie gras terrine with toasted brioche and gingerbread sauce and does a beautiful sea bass with risotto so creamy it’s like a savory rice pudding.
Starter + main course + dessert : 32€
Starter + main course or Main course + dessert : 26€
Hours : 11h-15h & 19h-23h

 

 

Where to eat in Montmartre: gastropubs

24 Monday Feb 2014

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A few suggestions just down the hill from Sacre Coeur. All the rage now are tapas (french style) and you’ll find the most exquisite at chef Geoffroy Maillard’s Extension, 16, rue Eugène Sue, 33 1 42 59 43 24 Metro: Chateau Rouge, Jules Joffrin

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Chéri Bibi on the east side of the hill combines arty flea market decor, traditional French cooking and sensible prices. 15 rue André del Sarte, metro: Barbes-Rochechouart. phone 01 42 54 88 96

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Le Grand 8,8 rue Lamarck serves unpretentious bistro fare, the kind of food you’d find in a Midi square. If you’re looking for comfort food, sign in here. Metro: Lamarck-Caulaincourt. phone 01 42 55 04 55

The neo-bistros. Goodbye blanquette de veau

21 Sunday Apr 2013

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Hello terrine de foie gras, chutney de coingns . . .huitres en tartare, bouillon cresson, wasabi-soja. . .cochon de lait, poires-celeri-chataignes . . .
souffle au Grand Marnier, caramel au beurre sale . . . andouillette tempura with perch sashimi and béarnaise sauce . . . crudo of scallop with sea urchin and horseradish snow.

Bistronomy is overshadowing classic haute cuisine and the new French gastronauts are totally embracing the movement. Seeking out these bistrots gourmands ain’t easy but for starters here’s a short list: Septime, 80, rue de Charonne in the 11th; La Maison du Jardin, 27, rue de Vaugirard, in the 6th; Le Bal Cafe (place de Clichy); Pramil, 9 rue du Vertbois in the 3rd; Le Galopin, 34 rue Sainte-Marthe in the 10th, Roseval in the 20th, Le Pantruche in the 9th; Frenchie, 5, rue du Nil, in the 2nd; Bistrotters, 9, rue Decres in the 14th; Restaurant Pierre Sang, 55 rue Oberkampf, in the 11th; and La Veraison 64 Rue de la Croix Nivert in the 15th.

Les assiettes hautes en couleurs, en textures et en saveurs all right. Toast the chef!

Paris Wine Bars: tips for tipplers

28 Thursday Feb 2013

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They’re called bistros à vins. A small varied list for you, a little something to suit your suds-buds/wine-meter.

Willi’s Wine Bar
http://www.williswinebar.com
13 Rue des Petits Champs
Bustling, run by an ex-pat

Melac
http://www.melac.fr/
42 rue Léon Frot
75011
closed Sunday and Monday
The « Bistrot Melac » is one of the most famous Paris wine bars located in the eleventh arrondissement between Bastille and the Republique square. The owner, Jacques Mélac, seems to be like a sort of Cyrano de Bergerac with an enormous moustache. In another life, he was a sommelier in a big parisian hotel.

Comptoir Tournon
http://www.cafetournon.com/
Hangout of James Baldwin, Chester Himes, Beauford Delaney, Duke Ellington, William Gardner Smith and George Plimpton
18, rue Tournon 75006 Paris
Tél : 01.43.26.16.16

Verjus Bar à Vin
47 rue de Montpensier, 75001
Try their fries. Packed with an outgoing international crowd.

Frenchie Bar à Vins
6 rue du Nil, 75002
Compelling wine list. Twenty seats, be prepared to share with the incrowd. Closed weekends.

Au Passage
1bis passage de Saint-Sebastien, 75011
Packed wall to wall with locals. Carefully selected wines. Relaxed vibe, try the burrata.

L’Avant Comptoir
3 Carrefour de l’Odéon, 75006
Suits, foodies, bobos, neighborhood locals. Be prepared to get to know the person next to you very very well. Basque and Béarnais-inspired nibbles.

Café de la Nouvelle Mairie
19 rue des Fossés Saint Jacques, 75005
Small plates and tapas. Roughly 18 wines on the black-board menu, half in whites, half in reds, with prices starting at 4 € a glass, with people/estates like Descombes, Mosse, Dard & Ribo, Villemade. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Little Temple Bar
http://www.littletemplebar.fr
12 Rue Princesse 75006
An Irish Pub located in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés. Where football and rugby matches are screened live.

Salade Frisee: a bistro mainstay

11 Monday Jun 2012

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How to assemble:

3 ounces thickly sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons walnut oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 slices of country bread
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, softened
Two 3 1/2-ounce round goat cheeses, such as Crottin de Chavignol, halved horizontally
1/2 pound frisée lettuce (8 cups)
1/4 cup minced chives

Preheat the oven to 350°. In a skillet, fry the bacon over moderate heat until crisp, 6 minutes. Pour off the fat. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to the bacon and cook until evaporated.

In a small bowl, whisk the grapeseed oil with the remaining 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, the walnut oil and mustard and season with salt and pepper.

On a baking sheet, spread the bread with the butter. Bake for 6 minutes, or until golden. Top each toast with a cheese half. Bake for about 8 minutes, or until the cheese is warmed and soft.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss the frisée, bacon, chives and vinaigrette. Mound the salad on plates and set a goat cheese toast alongside. Grind some pepper over the cheese and serve.

A few bistros worth stopping by:

Chez L’Ami Jean
27, rue Malar , Paris 75007
(Btwn Rue De L’Universite & Saint-Dominque)

Bistrot de l’Oulette
38, rue des Tournelles, Paris 75004
(At place des Vosges)

Les Fous de l’Île
33, rue des Deux-Ponts, Paris 75004
(At Quai d’Anjou)

Au Bascou
38, rue Reaumur, Paris 75003
(At rue Volta)