7.2 Les Tourteaux, 86, rue de la Boetie in the 8th, 01.45.61.02.02, closed weekends (Metro: St Philippe du Roule) is 3 months old and today was almost full of locals who were enjoying themselves, unfortunately to an ear-breaking point (db’s = 86.8). But excepting that.......
The carte is different from most, as you’ll see, and the menu at lunch incredible (20€).
My friend chose to go with the “menu” and started with a perfect egg in a St Marcellin cheese sauce topped with greens and I went with a rare dish at least in the joints I frequent - crispy fried eperlans with a lovely aioli sauce, marked on the carte “to share, or not.”
Then he had the “menu” main, a piece of veal (in a seafood place?) with lovely potatoes while I had what was technically another first, piquillos stuffed with shredded crab meat (European not Chesapeake crabs). With a nice enough salad. Delicious.
We ended up sharing the dessert of the decade, a palet Breton, which I’m not sure I’ve ever seen or had in my life; chocolate, cream, bits of cake - in brief superb!
Our bill, with a bottle and a glass of Chardonnay and 2 coffees, was 68.00€.
Go? I’d heartily recommend it in this area that has so many thousands of restaurants, so many ordinary. This is a breath of Breton fresh air.
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