5.5 L'Opportun in the 13th: an archival* update.

I’m going to take a second Mulligan here and discuss our meal at L’Opportun in the 13th. The last time I ate there was during the Mad Cow Scare, where we were warned to avoid beef, so since 99% of the menu is bovine, I felt I had hardly tested the house.

This time, though, two of us went and we did. For starters we split the petis gris meurette which was spectacular and the endive salad with crisp duck skin and its underlying meat, equally good.

Then my guest had the tartare of beef and I had the veal kidneys, both perfectly prepared and accompanied by frites, which I found so-so.

We spied the Paris Brest go by, that was approximately the same size as the city of Brest, so we had no dessert.

Our bill was 117.80 € and it certainly goes on my “authentic Paris places” list.

* Originally published in July 2007.