Monday-Tuesday, Jerome Berger in A Nous Paris gave 3/5 dots to the dimsum place Yoom in the 9th; while Philippe Toinard gave 2/5 to La Table de Botzaris coordinates given before, commenting on the vitello tonnato, crab and skate/ray. In the side bar they mentioned: the Asiatic 37 m2, ex-Radis roses, 66-68 rue Rodier in the 9th, 01.48.78.03.20.
Tuesday in Le Fooding, Julie Gerbert weighed in on the tea salon/patisserie/tart/soup/salad/smoothie place Le Bal Café, coordinates given last week.
Wednesday Emmanuel Rubin’s find of the week in Figaroscope’s C’est nouveau was the venerable Lasserre coordinates well-known, where there is a stratospheric carte (100-180 E) but a lunch me nu (75E) for items such as langoustines, truffled pigeon and roast figs. Two hearts went to Desvouges, coordinates given before, where the 26 E menu-carte carries items such as an escargot cassolette, Toulousian nem and farm cheeses, Pulling up the rear were three 1/3 hearts: the tapas place Jambon Jambon by l’Alycastre coordinates given a while back, an American cantine Amber in the 8th and the Italian Chez Elles in the 9th.
‘Scope’s Dossier this week by Masson, Michot & Verut covered the big food halls/wine places/etc:
17.5/20 Lavinia
17/20 La Grades Epicerie de Paris
15/20 Lafayette Gourmet
15/20 Hediard
14.5/20 La Cave dy Galerie Lafayette
13.5/20 Fauchon
And Francois Simon went to the Caffe Treo in the Galeries where he says to go if you’re there – he had a plate of veggies for 13.20 E.
Wednesday as well, Heidi Ellison of Paris Update reported on the Poule Sur le mer, 5, rue Marie Stuart, in the 2nd, 01 42 33 05 89, closed Saturday lunch, Sundays and Mondays where the a la carte is about 37 €, which she and her guests had bean soup with squid, bass with mussels, gambas with fried [sic] risotto, roast beef and lemon tart with an ultrahard crust – she judged the food a bit too spicy but of quality.
Thursday, in l’Express, Francois Regis Gaudry celebrated the 10th anniversary of l’Astrance, coordinates well known by naming it his resto of the week; in addition, Pierrick Jegu visited Jeanne A., coordinates already given as his resto under 30 E and Marie-Amal Bizalion named Le Verretigo in Bordeaux as hers.
Saturday-Sunday Francois Simon’s Croque Notes in Figaro discussed Saturne, coordinates given previously, which he calls a little pearl in one of the most tastefilled rentrees of the last few years, noting food that is at the same time simple and replete with finesse. He also revealed [to me] that Saturne in an anagram of “natures,” which its wines are.
Sunday, Astrid T’Serclaes in the JDD review Bistro T, coordinates given before.
In Bonjour Paris, John Talbott published an essay called “Old School, New School, Old Boy, New Boy.”
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