6.6 La Cantine de Meme, 11, rue Brochant in the 17th, 01.58.59.36.91, closed Sunday and Monday (Metro: Brochant) is in the middle of the greatest burst of new restaurants outside the 11th, all of which seem to be teeming with customers. Lots are new-new but other older places have been rebranded and renewed, which is the case here.
My friends arrived a bit before me and my Chinese-American 'pain in President Xi's neck' friend declared that she didn't like any of the starters so let's share a portion of a tempura of asparagus with crispy veggies and yuzu with piment-flavored mayo - wow, what a great idea!
For mains they both had an extremely complex, tasty risotto made with crispy spelt, morilles and smoked duck breast and I had a perfectly wonderful piece of rouget with courgettes cooked every possible way imaginable - stuffed blossom, puree, sliced and in a ratatouille.
The desserts were equally complex: a"pina collata" of pecan cheesecake with confited pineapple and lime fluff and strawberries with almond crumble, basil and balsamic vinegar.
Our bill, with ordinary bread, two bottles of their filtered water (one left untouched) and two glasses of a Crozes-Hermitage (website indicating "bio") and 2 coffees from Uganda, was 137 E or 91.32 E a couple. dB's = 86.8
Go back? My friend is eager to have my wife visit.
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