Reviews of reviews: The week of December 19th, 2011.

Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to Albion, coordinates given before, noting the parsnip soup, half-duck breast and British panna and his co-reviewer, Philippe Toinard gave 3/5 to L’Escargot 1903, 18 rue Charles Lorilleux in Puteaux (T2=Puteaux), 01.47.75.03.66, closed Saturday lunch, Sundays and Monday nights, with a 4/4/4 menu at 37 E with items such as a chicken breast, lamb raviolis, all chocolate or lemon tart. The side-bar mention is of the epicerie/lunch cantine Causses-La Fabrique, 55, rue ND de Lorette in the 9th, (Metro Pigalle), serving sausage risotto and Jerusalem artichoke soup.

In Tuesday’s Le Fooding, Philippe Lafon reviewed En Plein Nature in Quint-Fonsegrives. Also the Le Fooding award went to Septime.

In l’Express, Francois Regis Gaudry named his 10 best restaurants of the year :
Restaurant of the Year
La Grenouillère, La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil (Pas-de-Calais)
Best Chef’s (Jacques Maximin) Bistro
Le Bistrot de la Marine, Cros-de-Cagnes, Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes)
Best classic bistrot
Neva Cuisine (8th)
Best foreign place
Bon Kushikatsu (11th)
Best shot at a Michelin star
Cobea (14th)
Best gastronomic bistrot
Septime (11th)
Best cave a manger
Le bar a vins du Frenchie (2nd)
Best duo in the kitchen
Chatomat (20th)
Best resurrection
Au Crocodile Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)
Best traditional restaurant
L’Auberge du 15 (13th)
He also reviewed Le Tire-Bouchon in Strasbourg.