3.0 La Regalade, 49, ave Jean-Moulin in the 14th, 01.45.45.68.58, closed weekends, (Tramway 3b: Jean-Moulin) was sold by Bruno Doucet this year to the former Fish La Boissonnerie chef Oliver (Ollie) Clarke. This morning while confirming its address, I stumbled on Trip Advisor and stupid me, I read some reviews. Two said it was the best bistro experience possible and two said it was horrid, one of whom, of Asian extraction, called the servers racist. Silly me again, I should have listened to the negative reviews.
There are some traces of the Camdeborde/Doucet era in the colorful napery, rack of breads and huge terrines of pate and well as a clever street sign. I had time to peruse the menu and about half a dozen specials and thought I'd just have one dish - the pigeon which with a 15€ supplement I could justify versus the 3-course "menus" for 37€. But no, our senior male wait-guy said no, I had to have 3 things but I could have coffee instead of a dessert. Btw, the lady wait-person was chipper and friendly but the guy doesn't seem to like his job and maybe should do something that doesn't involve customer service, like driving a SNCF train or working as a diener in an anatomy lab.
Anyway, forced to have a first, I, along with Colette, had the petoncles grilled, in their shells. Colette needed lemon to make them flavorful. our friend had a lobster risotto, she said the rice was soggy.
My pigeon was well prepared and as ordered, rose. Colette's fish, St Pierre, was undercooked and was sent back and she added salt and lemon to improve the otherwise bland product. Our friend's tuna was not flavorful. The saving grace was a side-dish of well cooked white beans.
Colette had her usual rice pudding with caramel and our friend the warm Grand Marnier soufflé, both very good.
Our bill, with no bottled water, a bottle and two glasses of wine and two coffees, was181€ or 120.66€ a couple.
Go? Well, I guess it was worth a try but Colette declared "never again!"
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