John Talbott's Paris: Fish la Boissonerie in the 6th: an archival* review.

June 09, 2011

Fish la Boissonerie in the 6th: an archival* review.

Fish la Boissonerie in the 6th, about which much has been written...., was a mixed experience.

My eating partner and I both thought the firsts were pallid (foie gras and gazpacho with shrimp and calamari respectively) but the chef redeemed himself with a good slice of oven-cooked salmon and a superb wild duck (indeed, perhaps the best I and my companion have ever had).

No dessert, lots of wine and lots of noise; I cannot reveal the amount of the bill because my guest treated me; unfair but true.

*Originally published in September 2006.

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