my paris den is strategically located in le marais, about two blocks away from pain de sucre, three-minute walk from the tres-chic le marais fashion district, and five-minute walk from ile saint-louis (or “ice-cream island” as i christened it, since it is where berthillon ice-cream is based). i’ve lived a many arrondisements in paris and do find 4th and 7th have [...]
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l’as du fallafel
Posted in bite, paris on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
thomieux
Posted in bistro, paris on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
when les ambassadeurs, the 2-star restaurant at hotel de crillon, shut down abruptly last august, we all wondered what chef jean-françois piège was up to. it was soon revealed that he and thierry costes, a businessman with midas touch, had bought good old thomieux near invalides to revive this outmoded restaurant. the same address finally reopened in november 2009, restoring a 70′s [...]
baccarat cristal room
Posted in gastronomy, paris on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
this 3000m2 grand mansion is actually not really a restaurant. to be correct, baccarat cristal room is a showroom and museum, with a small dining room that seats no more than 30. the establishment was originally a hotel particulier belonged to marie-laure de noailles, a famous art patron and poet in the 20th century france. [...]
