Reviews of reviews: The week of March 10th, 2014

Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the previously mentioned Hai Kai in the 10^th; Philippe Toinard awarded 2/5 to Maguey, 99, rue de Charenton in the 12^th, 09.81.09.48.92, closed Sundays and Mondays with menus at 22 (lunch) and 58 (dinner, with wine) serving items such as scallops, encornets and micuit of chocolate and Alexis Chenu reviewed the second vegetarian dinette the Café Pinson 2, 58 rue du Faubourg-Poissoniere in the 10^th, closed Sundays.

Tuesday in Le Fooding there was a review of the Restaurant 6036 (the number of miles from Paris to Tokyo), 82, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud in the 11th, 01.73.71.38.12, closed Sundays and Mondays, where one Haruka Casters, a Japanese chef ex-Saturne, ex-Abri cooks small plates such as fresh shitakes, clams and duck breast.

Wednesday in Figaroscope, Emmanuel Rubin reviewed and gave 2/4 lips to three places: the previously mentioned Blue Valentine, a Kosher restaurant Rafael, 105, rue de Prony in the 17^th, 01.44.40.05.88, closed Friday night and Saturdays, costing on about 100 E for foie gras, bar and a chocolate banana soufflé, and a neo-trattoria, Non Sole Pizze in the 16^th.  He awarded 1 lip to Udon Jubey in the 2^nd and the Café Ludwig in the 9^th.

The Dossier this week concerned lemon cakes; they named Pierre Herme’s the best.

And Emmanuel Rubin in the Hache Menu went to the Thai Mary Goodnight in the 16^th.

Wednesday as well, Heidi Ellison in Paris Update reviewed (unfavorably) Le Bar a Burger, 18, avenue Claude Vellefaux in the 10th, 01.42.00.19.68. closed Sundays and Mondays, a la carte: around 28 E.

Thursday, in l’Express, they reviewed the Korean Le Mandoobar in the 8^th and the Maison Decoret in Vichy.

Saturday, in Le Figaro, Alice Bosio and Colette Monsat contributed to a special section on comparing London and Paris in which they discuss pubs and bistrots and so forth.