5.2 Les Enfants de Paris, 116, rue Amelot in the 11th, 01.47.00.70.74, open 7/7 is the sister-ship of Les Enfants Terrible in New York, the latter of which has been in business since 2003. The owner of both Stéfan Jonot, thinks of Brazil as his real country and the cooking here shows that twist. But.....
on the other hand, there's this really old-school (truly, like school-house chairs and tables as in the French provinces) look to the place including its nifty bar, stone walls, tin ceiling and colored lights and the clientele is in no way North or South Americanish. They have a "menu" (today potato and leek soup, feijoada or swordfish and chocolate cake), 2 courses for 10.50, 3 for 15.50 and wines by the pitcher starting at 10.50, so it's a bargain.
I ordered off the carte: mackerel tempuras with crushed stewed tomatoes and onions (a terrific combo of tough and sweet love), a Bobo (no joke this time) aka ragout of shrimp, that I considered over-cooked* with coconut sauce and a lime mousse.
With wine, out-of-the-ordinary local bread, no bottled water or coffee, my bill was 48 E.
*Astute readers may have noted that there is nothing I consider undercooked, whether meat, fish, veggies or pasta, indeed I think of cooking as the curse of the Brits.
Go? Well, one guy sitting at the front had the "menu," and said as he left "see you tomorrow."
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