Upon our return to Paris at the end of May, we had a late night quick meal at the highly recommended on this board Brasserie Martin. The terrine and roast chicken were just ok, and the bread was stale. I probably should have tried the steak tartare Parn recommends here. We don’t plan to return, but YMMV.
We enjoyed Chefs à Table for dinner. We found it very similar in style and price (slightly higher here) to Pierre Sang, though I still prefer the latter. The wine pairing here, while not memorable, was definitely a step up from the one at Pierre Sang. Will likely return, but not a must. FYI they offer a vegetarian tasting menu to go along with the regular one, so folks looking for both would likely find this an excellent choice.
Daughter and I had lunch at Les Enfants du Marché. The mussels with Gorgonzola were really good. The tuna belly not as good as I remembered from the prior time, and my only disappointment. The duck breast salad was excellent, and I hope it’s on the menu again this year when we return.
We went to Pierre Sang Gambey and enjoyed it, and the price is very fair, but still prefer Oberkampf (where we took more family a couple weeks later) over Gambey.
We really enjoyed lunch at Geosmine, and will definitely return. It is not inexpensive, but we enjoyed everything on our 80E “Initiation” lunch menu. The recommendation (I believe from @onzieme, but may have been someone else) to check out the bathroom was spot on!
As I wrote up separately last summer, 21G Dumpling is worth the trip if you want some truly excellent pork XLB. These are great by West Coast U.S. standards; imo they compare favorably to the XLB I’ve had at Din Tae Fung. Also worth trying the shrimp wontons in (too mild, but this is France) chili oil. The oil is worth having to dunk the XLB in, so my recommendation is multiple orders of XLB and one order of the wontons. The rest of what we tried was mediocre at best, and I would not recommend. My daughter and I actually went back a second time 10 days later the XLB were so good.
Dinner at Perception was great, if not quite as awesome as when we went the year before. Two of us had the Menu 8 Temps and one the Menu 6 Temps. Still the best value tasting menu in Paris, IMO, and still on our must return list. I think it deserves a Michelin star, but I guess its better for my pocketbook it still hasn’t got one.
Made the booking at the exact minute it came available and did lunch at Vaisseau. Not sure whether or not it is still as difficult to book as it was last year. We did the “Quoi” 60E lunch menu, and while it was very good, it wasn’t IMO worth the hype. But the 120E “N’importe quoi” I saw a couple of other tables order seemed like it might have been more interesting, so my suggestion is if you do try and succeed at getting a reservation, probably worth ordering that.
Dinner at Cheval d’Or exceeded my expectations. Chinese food with French twists more than “Asian-fusion”, at least for this American. The food was so good we went back again with visiting family, specifically for perhaps the best “Peking” duck I’ve ever had (certainly the skin), and the soup with a foie gras-filled dumpling. It’s on our must-return list for sure.
We were underwhelmed, by contrast, with board favorite Cho Cho. Nothing problematic, but it just didn’t sing to us. I would not let this dissuade you if you are interested in going, however, as I suspect it was as much our choice of dishes (oysters, particularly disappointing gnocchi, red tuna, artichoke) that night as anything else. And prices are quite reasonable.
We enjoyed Dilia very much, if perhaps not quite as much as @sfcarole seems to. Some dishes lean Italian, others seem pretty French to me. Prices very fair. We will return.