Tuesday in Le Fooding, Marie Aline reviewed Thoumieux, coordinates given, where the ex-Crillion chef is cooking items such as pasta with ham and comté, œuf mayo, steak tartare, confit de canard, foie gras and a vegetable terrine, Landes chicken and fries for about 50 euros a person.
Tuesday as well, in ANP, Philippe Toinard sampled two places: the 4/5 Glou, coordinates above, where he lists a lot more dishes than the previous reviewers (Utah Beach oysters, fois gras pate, shrimp, poitrine of pork and yogurt) and the 2/5 Bistrot de l’Entrecote, ditto coords, where he also seems to like the lentil salad, pot au feu and beef tartare, fricassee of supions, duck, herring and potatoes, oeuf mayo and veal kidneys but not the over-salted pumpkin soup.
Tuesday in l’Express, Francois-Regis Gaudry called Glou, coordinates given before, not a “Table d'hôte? Bar à vin? Bistrot de charme?” but the best hideaway of the rentrée.”
Wednesday, Emmanuel Rubin in Figaroscope gave one heart to five places: Cristal Room Baccarat, coordinates well known, now under the direction of Guy Martin, costing 80-100 € for carrot soup, crab, entrecote and chocolate soufflé; the tea salon The Aux 3 Cerises in the 7th; the Slavic-Cossack-Georgian place Deda in the 1st; the sandwicherie Goutu in the 9th and D’Chez Eux, same address with a new chef who fixes snails, roast coquelet, duck confit and a mille-feuille.
Wednesday, Figaroscope’s “ Dossier” by Colette Monsat, Alexandra Michot & Sylvain Verut was all about business lunch places:
In the city
Itineraire
Café Moderne
Jadis
153 Grenelle
Le Cameleon
Fermin le Barbier
Nearby suburbs
Ducote Cuisine
Chartier
Barocco.
In his “Hache Menu,” Francois Simon reviewed l’Assiette, coordinates given, which cost 3 folks 137 € and he says he’ll revisit.
Wednesday, as well, Richard Hesse in Paris Update reviewed Chez Leon, (the one in the 8th), where he says it serves 1950’s café food like eggs mayo and pot au feu and does not rave about it.
Jean-Claude Ribault, in this Wednesday-Thursday’s Le Monde wrote about drunch at the MiniPalais now under the direction of the folks from l’Ami Louis with a single price (28 €) meal Sundays 6-11 PM with a soup or daily plate from the chalkboard, then salads, eggs, lox, cold meats, frites, veggies and desserts from the rolling cart.
Thursday in Le Point, Gilles Pudlowski said Benoît + La Closerie des Lilas, are in good shape and to follow Sers.
Saturday in his “Croque Notes” in Le Figaro, Francois Simon wrote about the Relais Plaza, a longer version of which is on his Simon Says blog. Also on his blog Tuesday, he called his meal at Epigramme impeccable. Ironically, Alexander Lobrano, Friday in his blog also lauded l’ Epigramme
Saturday/Sunday, in Bonjour Paris, John Talbott wrote an essay on “New Year, Old Friends.”
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