Pre: You remember when the 11th was the end of the world? Or the Canal St. Martin? Now it's its culinary center. Well, this area may well be on the way to yuppie/Bobo food heaven.
7.1 Nord Nord, 80, rue Riquet in the 18th, open 7/7 from breakfast to night-owl stuff, (Metro: Marx Dormoy) 01.42.41.12.95 (but unless you're 5+ persns, forget about reserving and because it's jam-packed, you've got to get there before the 20-30 year old Parisians eat), is in a former culinary dead zone that now seems bursting with poussettes and preggers. The avant-garde arrived a bit ago with the appearance of the Lomi Café, En Vrac, Les Petites Gouttes and Bob’s Bake Shop. I went pretty much expecting the sort of offerings that this team had put together at Sunset and the Café Pimpin which are nearer to my digs, and was not disappointed. The menu is brief (9 items), all food fait maison and prices completely affordable.
My oldest granddaughter, who has been eating with me in Paris since she was 3, is game for pretty much everything and today we ran the table as it were:
- starting with parcooked (really raw) white asparagus
- moving on to beef tataki with noodles and bouillon, all Thai-influenced
- and daurade perfectly sourced and crisped with an amazing aioli and a ton of Spring veggies
- finishing with a chou with praline/pear sauce.
With a bottle of bio/organic Morgan and 2 coffees, our bill was 63.90 E -WAIT A MINUTE!- yup, 63.90 Euros. dB's = 66.5 despite energetic kids. A special thanks for having Thierry Breton's superb boules.
Go? To the restaurant others deem "le nouveau hot spot gourmand à découvrir de toute urgence!" You betcha.
Comments