About the Mouth. Venez découvrir la Cristal Room Baccarat - mmheilpern - Gmail. Alive and Evolving - the Paris Bistro. Desserts were straightforward and well executed: mille-feuille with pastry cream, mint and strawberries; luscious, perfectly sweet strawberry soup; unsurpassingly bitter chocolate tart, just right for me; and a superior macaroon with strawberries and pistachio. (Obviously, I was there during strawberry season.) Les Papilles Let me quickly get out of the way what Les Papilles (30, rue Gay Lussac, Fifth Arrondissement 33-1-4325-2079; www.lespapillesparis.fr) is not: elegant, quiet, spacious, pretty, flexible, luxurious or even a good-sounding idea. But here’s what it is: an idea that works. Les Papilles is a wine shop, a provisions shop you can buy jarred duck confit, for example and, somehow, a good restaurant as well, so long as you don’t mind the lack of choice in what you eat or people standing with their thighs touching your table while you’re eating and they’re reaching for a bottle of wine they might have with their dinner.
Enough caveats. Les Fetes Galantes, Paris - Restaurant Reviews. Farine: Maison Kayser: Le restaurant du boulanger (The Baker's Restaurant) Gourmets will tell you that wine and food should complement each other. Restaurants therefore sometimes go to great length to pair different wines with different dishes. In Gaillac (in Southwestern France), we once dined at a restaurant where you could pick either your menu or your wines but not both as the chef was adamant he wasn't going to let his carefully prepared meal be marred by the choice of the wrong wines. It wasn't a fancy place and my very elderly parents (with whom we were traveling) were a bit taken aback: in all his born days, my Dad had never heard of such a display of authority by a restaurant owner.
Since he wasn't about to let anybody dictate his choice of wines though (too momentous a decision), he picked one for each of his three courses (he obviously wasn't the designated driver) and ended up quite happy with the dishes that accompanied them (anticipatory curiosity probably had a lot to do with it as I don't recall the cuisine as particularly memorable). Les Bistronomes : le rendez-vous du Paris gourmand. Willi's Wine Bar: The Inimitable Paris Wine Bar and Bistro. By Marie Z Johnston They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. In that case, Mark Williamson’s iconic Willi’s Wine Bar gets the prize for most-echoed establishment on the planet.
When he opened his doors, some 30 years ago, Parisian wine bars served an assortment of basic varietal “plonk” in teeny glasses, accompanied by plates of cheese or pâtés—and that’s about it. Then, along came Willi’s. Truth be told, I’ve been procrastinating in writing this review. Why? The food is consistently great, the wines are Mark’s chosen favorites “du moment” and the service is friendly, bilingual and discreetly efficient. People who know me well will say, “Oh, she loves that place” and they will be right: I do now and have since first setting foot in Willi’s some 20 years ago.
Though I go often now, many years passed before I was able to return for lunch and in that time Willi’s grew up. Willi’s is an easy addition to a visit to the Palais Royal or the Opéra Garnier. Willi’s Wine Bar Hungry? BUZZ: Campana at Orsay, Thanksgiving Dinner at Ralph Lauren's, Antoine, Caffe Burlot. BUZZ: Campana at Orsay, Thanksgiving Dinner at Ralph Lauren's, Antoine, Caffe Burlot By Margaret Kemp Musée d'Orsay, Café Campana, Paris 7th The Musée d'Orsay is the talk of the town's art afficionadoes. The much-loved former railway station created in Beaux-Arts style by Victor Laloux for the Exposition Universelle 1900 has undergone major transformations over the last two years.
The former gare d'Orsay relaunched in 1986 as a museum showcasing French nineteenth-century art and sculpture, with bold interior design by architect Gae Aulenti, a perfect fusion of form and content. And, talking Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, there are three watering holes for hungry artistas: On Level 1, Café du Lion, a basement canteen for fast food. Level 2, The Restaurant, also transforms to a tea room on Thursday from 2:45-5.30 pm. But what about the food? Perfect for the ladies who do. Chef Yann Landureau says he'll create dishes to match exhibitions, but it's early days. Tél: 01 40 49 48 14 BUS: see map Antoine. BUZZ EXTRA: Le Petit Trianon, Paris 18th. By Margaret Kemp Vuitton, Dior, Gaultier, YSL and various must-have brands recently showed collections in the amazing space that is Le Trianon Theatre, Montmartre.
The multi-story building, by architects Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin, dates back to 1896, when it was one of the Bo-Ho hot spots of Montmartre where the likes of Toulouse Lautrec, Scott Fitzgerald, Salvador Dali, Coco Chanel and Mistinguett were regulars. Today the handsome building has been reborn after vast renovations. No expense has been spared to make it look as if there's been no expense at all, read: designer shabby chic.
On the ground floor Trianon Café looks set to become an “oh, darling you must go” addy. The Trianon Café concept is by Abel Nahmias, son of super-chef Olympe Versini and uber-gastronome Albert N. "Montmartre is the second most visited destination in Paris, after Notre Dame," he explains. What Shall We Eat? Le Petit Trianon Tél: 01 4492 7808 80, boulevard Rochechouart, Paris 18th Métro: Anvers.
Ardoise du midi – bam, bar à manger. Untitled. Après le coq nain, la petite crevette sauvage. L'ancienne équipe du Réminet entreprend une nouvelle aventure à deux pas de la Bourse, de l'Opéra Comique et de la salle des ventes Richelieu-Drouot. Elle est heureuse de vous accueillir dans leur nouveau restaurant - bar - brasserie Le Sâotico. Hugues Gournay, le chef normand, compose à la minute une cuisine de marché, simple et raffinée, alliant des produits saisoniers de haute qualité à des prix modérés dans un décor élégant et spacieux.
La carte des vins déniche de petits propriétaires exploitants régionaux bon-marchés, et propose pour le plaisir des clients des vins au verre, ou même des demi-verres pour les repas plus légers. Des plats sans gluten, sans lactose ou toute autre allergie peuvent être réalisés à la demande. L'ambiance musicale est au jazz, au blues et au rock. Anne Surcouf et Hugues Gournay vous accueillent du lundi au Vendredi de 8h30 à 23h30, les week-end selon réservations. Service de Voiturier Apéritifs gourmants.