Paris 12e - two days without romance ?

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Some recommendations on Japanese and Chinese. Koreans I like are not close to your districts, unfortunately.

Japanese Izakaya

[Paris 1er] Izakaya Issé - closed

When I reserved this restaurant for a Friday night, we had in mind of some Japanese comfort food. Wanting a break from ramen shops, I tried looking at several Izakaya restaurants in Paris, and Issé came to my mind as a grocery store with quality products, so why not gave it a try. An late afternoon online reservation for the same day 21:00 meal. A small place, crowded with tables and people, atmosphere was lively and mainly composed of local French (I didn’t see any Japanese). It has 2 floors, …

Ramen - very good if you like noodles with fish or seafood.

[Paris 1er] Kodawari Ramen (Tsukiji)

There is a thread on Parisian Japanese ramen, but this joint is so good that I think it should have its own thread. It is the second branch of Kodawari Ramen, the theme of the first one in Paris 5e is chicken, this one is on fish as the name suggested the biggest fish market in Japan, Tsukiji. Our first visit was in July. We discovered the place end of July walking by, but the place was doing a soft opening, there was no signage and access by private invitation. A week later, we wanted some Jap…

Chinese

[Paris 1er] Autour de Yangtse Saint Honoré

Autour de Yantse is a Chinese restaurant situated in the first district rue Saint-Honoré, not far from le Louvre. It is the second restaurant after the initial success of the original 9th district restaurant near Opera. The restaurant serves dishes mainly Shanghainese and the nearby Zhejiang region, but we can find dishes from Sichuan as well as some Cantonese cooking like dim sum and cantonese roasted meat. Their menu features some highlight including Dongpo pork and Nanjian 8 treasures duck (n…