6th to 10th Arr.
My daughter discovered this charming, family run restaurant that like almost all Paris Asian restaurants combines the cuisine of at least two countries–in this case Vietnamese and Chinese. Big bowls of soup, Pho and crevettes with ravioli were being inhaled by neighboring diners and at 10 euros a perfect one-dish meals.
But [...]
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If you’ve been to FISH in the last eight years then you’ve been served a drink by Hayden Clout, the Kiwi barman.
He’s piggy-backed that experience and joined with former FISH chef Matthew Ong to create this combination bistro and cave where you can walk out the door with very drinkable [...]
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Stan and Joann Hays were visiting from San Francisco and around the corner from their hotel, La Perle, I rediscovered Chez Fernand site of my first encounter with os à moelle.
It was 7:15 on a Saturday night and the dining room that would be full by [...]
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Philippe Excoffier served as chef at the American ambassador’s residence in Paris for fourteen years and collaborated with Ambassador Stapleton’s wife on a book about that experience.
A mere three months ago he and his wife Michele took over a classic bistro near the Eiffel Tower. [...]
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A neighborhood fixture since 1915, this belle époque charmer is redolent with character and characters (think Ninotchka.)
On any given day, owner Daniel can be seen on the rue des Sevres terrace schmoozing with neighbors, colleagues and customers while nursing bottled water, diablo menthe and eventually white wine over the course of [...]
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From the frosted glass entrance you have no idea what delights await.
Step inside this long, narrow, pristinely modern space designed by Zette Cazalas and Jesus Pacheco of Zendco WWW.ZENDCO.COM that is somewhat enlarged by overhead mirrors and the feeling for me is very Japanese. Twenty can be seated face to face along the [...]
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In between the funiculaire de Montmartre (Metro Anvers) and Metro Pigalle I was delighted to discover a corner of Italy-La Salumeria where you can find a vast selection of Italian products for the home chef and La Pizzetta, my destination for dinner with Albert.
We hadn’t seen each other since December and had much catching [...]
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It had been 3 years since my last sumptuous meal (see below) at Laurent so I took advantage of a Tuesday night in the midst of les vacances scolaire to sample the new 145 euro Menu de l’Accord Parfait (a perfect marriage of food and wine.) I was accompanied by the Nez [...]
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Corinne of La Belle France and I were visiting the Musée de Nissim di Camondo for the first time as a possible element of a tour we were preparing. Named for the son of Moise, head of a great Turkish-Jewish banking family it is a repository of one of the great collections of 19th century [...]
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Just off the bustling Champs Elysées, tucked into a corner of the Warwick Hotel is the W Bar. Blonde wood walls and brown leather chairs offer a soothing change from the famous boulevard. At night the lights soften and someone is likely to play the piano to add a romantic touch to a tète [...]
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