Tuesday in Le Fooding, Alexandre Cammas wrote a piece about creative risk-taking chefs (Camdeborde, Aizpitarte, Costes, Bordarier, Bocuse, Jego, Rabanel, Bras, Adria, Ledeuil, Herraiz, Rose, Ducasse, Cohen, Mazouz…), that recommended two new places: Passage 53, 53 Passage des Panoramas in the 2nd, 01 42 33 04 35, closed Sundays, a la carte 38-44 €, serving half-terroir, half-Japanesy food such as a tartare of veal with oysters, sole with an oyster emulsion, beef tartare and a green tea crème brulee and La Cantine Merci, 111 Bvd Beaumarchais in the 3rd, 01 42 77 78 92, open for lunch except Sundays, a “friendly grocery” serving “snacks” such as lentil salad, fennel carpaccio with crispy zucchini, risotto and crumble for about 22 €.
Tuesday as well, ANP’s Jerome Berger reviewed the Chinese-French Yam’tcha, coordinates already given.
Wednesday, Emmanuel Rubin in Figaroscope gave 3/4 hearts to the Japanese Issé in the first but 2/4 hearts and the photo to the above-mentioned Passage 53 which does have a 19 € lunch formula despite what was recounted above and serves a bavette and fries and strawberry pannacotta and 2/4 as well to the Italian Il Prezzemolo in the 3rd. One 1/4 hearts each though went to the aforementioned Cantine Merci serving chicken breast and a buffet of desserts and the Mexican-ate Zicatela in the 4th.
In Figaroscope’s Dossier this week by Colette Monsat et al listed the Regional Italian places in Paris:
Sicily
Casa Vigata
Campagna
Cucina Napoletana
Bartolo
Venice
Mori Venice Bar
Sardinia
Sardegna a tavola
Tuscany
Casa Bini
Procopio Angelo
Zoom regions
La Rucola
Plus the most: Bobo Al Taglio, Champs-Elysees Casa Luca, Riviera Mets Gusto, Business Class Barocco, Left bank [b]Primo piano, Wine Divinamente Italiano, Classic R-tal, Re-classic Samesa, disconcerting Alice Pizza, and l’Antichambre + Le Sorza
In his “Hache Menu,” Francois Simon reviewed one too: the Caffe dei Cioppi, in 11th where he says to go.
Wednesday as well, Richard Hesse in Paris Update reviewed the Spanish Fogon in the 6th.
Thursday/Friday in Le Monde Jean Claude Ribaut wrote about chocolate Easter eggs (from Jean-Paul Hévin, Michel Cluizel and Christophe Michalak) and lamb (he recommends looking for Elovel, which supplies the great restos; and “label Rouge” from Gironde and Sisteron as well as Allaiton de l'Aveyron (Jacques et Bernard Greffeuille, Le Bayle, 12390 Rignac) but also restaurants that have fumoirs: Goumard-Prunier, Tante Marguerite, L'Atelier Berger, Boudoir + Le bistrot de Breteuil.
Friday, in L’Express, Jégu Pierrick, wrote up the Caffé dei Cioppi in the 11th as his resto under 30 € and Andréa Petrini, reviewed as hers Le 126 in Lyon. Finally, François-Régis Gaudry said Yam'Tcha was his resto of the week.
Saturday, Alexandra Michot published a two-page spread in Figaro entitled “Choco City” about all the great chocolate places from M. Chocolat to Arnaud Larher.
Saturday/Sunday, in Bonjour Paris, Margaret Kemp wrote about the Maceo + Auguste and John Talbott wrote an essay entitled “Eating with Kids: II.”
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