6.0 Et dans mon coeur il y a…., 56, rue de Lancry in the 10th, 01.42.38.07.37, open everyday, occupies what was once the charming old restaurant, the Bouledogue Bistrot; they have retained the wooden paneling, added lots to tsotskes to the ledges but new edgy chairs to the traditional tables; there are several formulas, some including wine or water, there’s wine by the glass or by the reasonably priced pitcher.
I started with two perfectly sautéed and not too buttery slices of foie gras (for 8 €, beat that), moved on to a huge cocotte of lamb (not mutton) with Magrebian spices (or one can have the fish of the day, that day a pasta with coques) and polenta with white raisins that was incredible (and I detest most polenta) and finally a dessert of pureed bananas under a fluffy banana whip, very tasty = 46 €.
The neighborhood is delightful, lots of young families; no tattoos or piercings here.
They get extra credit for the nifty miniature whisk sugar stirrers and super bread. This is a place that cares; it’s why we come to Paris and try new places; inventive, imaginative and fun.
*Originally published in September 2006.
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Update: As several of my loyal readers have pointed out another Madame Shawn opened here (its 4th site in Paris) and thus Et dans mon coeur il y a…. no longer exists, except in our memories.
Oh, I loved this restaurant, but it turned into a Madame Shawn a few years ago...very sad.
Posted by: Vanina | March 13, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Yes, maybe I should cease publishing old reviews if they're no longer there,
Posted by: John Talbott | March 13, 2011 at 03:07 PM