6.5 Alain Milliat, 159, rue de Grenelle in the 7th, 01.45.55.63.86 (Metro: Latour-Maubourg), closed Sundays and Mondays, is so understated (my S.F. eating friend said "minimalist") that one must peer at the small-font-sized lettering to ascertain that "this is the place."
At lunch it's three dishes, take it or leave it but at dinner one chooses from 2/2/2 and they will "do" vegetarian.
The "forced choices" today were (1) a risotto with Lardo di Colonnata and smoked eel; divine even if the rice didn't appear to be rice - (2) a bavette (not pictured), cooked almost raw enough for me (we forgot to say, they forgot to ask) with moundlets of celery puree and bean jelly; delicious - and (3) a dessert combo of coffee mousse, licorice ice, citrus wedges and deconstructed crumbles; simply first-rate.
Our bill with a bottle of Sirius Bordeaux, their filtered water (Included), pretty good bread and two coffees, was 79.40 E.
Go? In a Jumping Jack Flash. Especially if only to see the wall of juices and jams which it was impossible for me not to purchase one of, so beautiful were they.
Sichel Sirius Bordeaux comes not from a vigneron but from a wine factory. As its web site says, Sichel has its own "wine-making facility." Shame on a bistro for selling brands.
Posted by: Bud Carlos | March 07, 2012 at 12:06 AM