Rooster par Frédéric Duca in the 17th: A Star is Born?

 

 

7.8 Rooster par Frédéric Duca (ex Racines in NYC), 137 Rue Cardinet in the 17th, 01.45.79.91.48, (Metro: soon 14 at Pont Cardinet), closed weekends, made quite a splash when it opened earlier this year.Le Fooding lists it as a "hipster" place and indeed the music was loud and the clientele youngish.

Two of us chose the 26E menu and had an inventive starter of guacamole with taziki of daurade topped with sliced Japanese radishes.

Then Colette had the scallops off the carte, our colleague had the menu cod on spinach and I had the tender spring veal with a terrific puree; all of which I liked much more than my co-diners.

For dessert we shared the lemon with lemon and tapioca with crumble.

Our bill, with a bottle of wine and three coffees and fine warm crusty bread, was 150.50 or 100.32 E a couple. dB's=73.3

Go again?  Me and my colleague yes, Colette no, for her it was just "OK".  Here, I thought we might be witness to the birth of a culinary star while Colette disagreed.  We will see.

Comments

[Mark H.]

Welcome back, John! Hope you are healed and feeling better.
Highly recommend you read Bruni's op-ed in today's Times. He nails it. I feel different about the dining experience now than I did ten years ago, and appreciate you providing insight into issues of ambiance, including noise and lighting, in Paris restaurants.

[John Talbott]

Thanks. Yes Bruni nailed it. My wife was outraged today and didn’t think I was strong enough about the music.