4.0 L’Innocence, 28, rue de la Tour D’Auvergne in the 9th, (yes, the old Spring space), 01.45.23.99.13, open Friday and Saturday lunch and evenings except Sundays, (bus 85), has been open only a few weeks and is already the darling of the big boys and some of my best and most reliable friends. So, needless to say, I went with high hopes.
There is only one “menu” and to be frank, I really see no need to list every dish, since each one consisted of so many ingredients, including vegetables, fruits, cheese, seeds, sauces, bouillons, nuts and flowers and sometimes even some protein, that it’s folly to describe each and everything. So, here goes a slide show:
Our bill is complicated by the fact that my dining partners had no wine but did have one bottled water and one coffee and I had wine and a coffee,
so for a couple at lunch with a bottle of wine and two coffees, I calculate the damage as 108€. Db’s when I entered were 88.0; then 78.6?
Go? Call me a philistine, an old-boy, a stick-in-the-mud, no-nothing, but please do not pretend that throwing dozens of ingredients on fancy handcrafted plates constitutes fine dining. It’s frou-frou, busy, and precious food and I’m being kind.
Do you have nothing nice to say John? Actually yes: the bread was terrific when it finally arrived, the dishes began to be salted after Madame complained, and the delivery of plates and friendly service was noteworthy.
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