Reviews of reviews: The week of November 12th, 2012

Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the L’Essentiel, 168, rue d’Alesia in the 14th, open 7/7, serving everything from veal’s feet to pot-au-feu and ceteaux to a financier at lunches costing 14 and 17, a la carte 25 E.  Meanwhile, Philippe Toinard awarded 3/5 to the previously mentioned Ma Cocotte in the St Ouen flea market.

Tuesday in Le Fooding, the website gave out its annual awards to :
Fooding de la meilleure table Guide 2013
Roseval, Paris
Fooding d’amour Guide 2013
Abri, Paris
Fooding du meilleur cuisinier Guide 2013
Guillaume Monjuré
Palegrié, Lyon
Fooding du meilleur comptoir Guide 2013
Pierre Sang in Oberkampf, Paris
Fooding du meilleur festin cru Guide 2013
Sushiqui, Marseille
Fooding du meilleur bouillon Guide 2013
Chez Mamane, Paris
Fooding du meilleur bistrodidacte Guide 2013
Les Grès, Lindry
Fooding du meilleur casse-graine Guide 2013
CheZ Aline, Paris
Fooding du meilleur livre de cuisine Guide 2013
Brut de Camargue (Armand Arnal et Bruno Martin)
Fooding du meilleur décor Guide 2013
Pan, Paris
Fooding d’honneur Guide 2013
Kristin Frederick
Le Camion Qui Fume, Paris

On Wednesday in Figaroscope’s « Nouveauties A La Carte » Emmanuel Rubin gave 2 hearts to 3 places that have been mentioned before: Ma Cocotte in the St Ouen flea market, Marloe in the 8th and Noglu in the 2nd.  Then he gave one heart to Amato in the 18th and Stube Verdeau in the 9th.

Figaroscope’s Dossier this week by Colette Monsat, Alice Bosio, Hugo de Saint Phalle and Francois Simon was on places where women chefs reign :
La Dame de Pic
Chez Nanashi
Le Raphael
Yam’Tcha
L’Auberge de Flora
Le Camion Qui Fume
Le Saint James
CheZaline
And their predecessors at : Le Baratin, Casa Olympe, Les Petites Sorcieres, Le Mansouria, Helene Darroze, Chez Georgette & Petrossian.

And, in his Hache Menu, Francois Simon reviewed Des Gars dans la Cuisine,  72, rue Vieille-du-Temple in the 3rd, 01.42.74.88.26, open 7/7 which cost him 134 E for two but which has a 13,50 E lunch.  As for whether to go he replies "Humm? J'hésite mais je dis oui."

In L’Express, Charles Patin O’Coohoon reviewed Les Novices, 123, rue Caulaincourt in the 18th, 01.42.64.71.37 with formulas at 13.50 and 17.50 at lunch and a la carte 19-35 E, open 7/7, serving ceviche, sausages, beef cheeks and a tart tatin ; and Marie-Anne Bizalion reviewed les Gamins in Marseilles.