“would say summer, when the vaccination shortage is over and the weather warm enough for the menace of virus is lower.”
Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please…
Yes! The thief was annoyed that H didn’t let go of him, he said I was just playing around, here take it back! Persistence paid. Luckily it was not violent.
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That must be some phone!
I still had it in the drawer, quite a souvenir. H warned me that it would be the last time he could still ran after a 19 year old, it was tough. 
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Correction — Le Fumoir is the one by the Louvre.
And apologies for the typos.
Good to know you’re well. Did you eat out a lot?
Did we eat out a lot? Twice a day.
Our favorites were, in order of preference, Alliance, Montée, Virtus, Istr, Le Petit Pontoise, Le Louis Vins, Boullion Racine. We also had a nice meal at Gao Thom, Saveurs d’Asie, which I think you introduced us to some 5 years ago.
We also had a great sandwich at Chez Alain Miam Miam.
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color me GREEN! le sigh…
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Tell more!
Long time we haven’t return, i don’t know if it’s the same owner all these years.
If possible, can you describe a bit more all your meal? I’ve proposed H an Alliance lunch a while ago, but he chose another restaurant instead…
We’ve eaten at Alliance 4 or 5 times on previous trips, usually in the evening. This time we went with Parisian friends who had never been there. The lunch, if I remember correctly, consisted of three courses.
But there were so many amuses bouches and amuses gueules that one of our friends kept asking if we had already had the first course. Everything was excellent. Sorry that I can’t remember the details. Our friends were highly impressed. We were the last customers in the restaurant. Shortly before we left, the chef came to the table and asked, “C’etait bon?” Our friend answered, “Non, c’etait pas bonl C’etait superbe!” I can highly recommend Alliance.
At Gao Thom, Saveurs d’Asie, the young waitress recognized uis when we came in, although we hadn’t been there for two years, and immediately spoke English with us. The food was as good as always, simple Vietnamese food, well cooked. It’s always the first place we go to when we’re in Paris, as it’s close to the hotel we stay in.
Chez Alain Miam Miam is a place I had read about on the internet. There are two locations. We were going to see the Carnevalet museum and had to have something for lunch, so we went to the location that was closer to the museum, rue Charlot. This appears to be the main location. The owner served us. All the sandwiches are made on the spot. He asked us about each ingredient. Which bread, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes (I think), which meat or meats, which cheese. He offered me a taste of the Comté, but since it’s a cheese we know well, I just said that we would take it. Since the sandwiches are big, we only ordered one for the two of us. My wife, who loves sandwiches, loved it. So did I.
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Has anyone else tried chezl’ami jean? We love it.
Yes. We were in Paris for a month just before the pandemic and had a great time (& meal) at L’Ami Jean. We’re (hopefully) going to be back in Paris late Sept thru Oct and its high on the list for a return visit (or two). Everything, from the chef/owner’s entertainment value to the rice pudding for dessert was excellent.
Did you go anywhere else interesting?
L’ebauchoir in the 2d did the best job with/use of vegetables of any place I can remember. And with meat and fish. The Minipalais in the Grand Palau’s is a great place for lunch, and La fumoir right by the louvre is very nice. I haven’t been to La regalade in a while, but I’ve liked it a lot
I tend to look at the Michelin Bib Gourmand lists, and also John Talbots excellent blog.
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Thanks. We’re always looking for new recommended places to try when we’re there. JT hasn’t been back there yet &, as far as we know, his blog is on hiatus until he returns. Hoping that’ll be by the time we get there in the fall since we always have lunch with him when we’re there. By the way, the Paris board on CH is actually one of the only ones that still has good recommendations & conversation. Worth a look.
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johntannerbbq: Totally as an aside, but something you might get a kick out of, is that we were walking from a great recommended bakery (Ble Sucre) to the Marche d’aligre & passed a place called “Rhino Rouge”. Took their card and meant to go back but never got the chance to. Take a look – https://rhinorouge.fr
Ha! Ha! I did go to a Texas BBQ place in Paris, the Beast, near the Place de La Republique. It was, well, okay, but I felt like I’d wasted a meal, and I’ve sworn of barbecue in France.
There’s a genuinely good- very good place in Amsterdam, Pendergast. I’d go back there, but then Amsterdam isn’t Paris
We ran into/met the chef/owner of FLESH on Louis Blanc while having dinner at Fulgurances. We never got there, but given his passion and food sensibilities, I’d say its worth a barbeque/flame visit.
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Continuing the discussion from Recent trip to Paris:
There is an upcoming Barbecue Expo in Paris, March 18-19-20.
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