Finally getting to writing up our return to Paris in May/June this year.
The first night we returned to Les Parisiens, our current overall favorite Paris restaurant.
They completely forgot to bring my oysters to start, and so ended up comping them for me after the mains. First meaningful service issue I’ve had here. For mains I had the vol au vent, and my wife had the sea bass.
The vol-au-vent was very good… but did not compare to the excellent fish. You’d think I’d have learned by now my own rule to always choose fish at Les Parisiens.
The sides - including the unusual (to me) for Paris pasta side - were fine but nothing memorable:
The dessert was an excellent and refreshing (if not particularly original) lemon ice.
The moral of the story at Les Parisiens remains: focus on the fish, the fish the fish … and the desserts.
