Pre and Post: I'd heard Zebulon had a new chef, one Benjamin Andreau who came from Boulaud in NYC, one of my favorite places, so off I went. After lunch I asked my dining partner to shield me when I withdrew money from an LCL ATM and afterwards we were chatting our goodbyes and a Paris City green man with a pressure hose said in impeccable New Yorkese "Hey guys, would you move on a bit." Well, that pretty much summed up our meal.
Zebulon, 10 rue de Richelieu in the 1st, 01.42.36.49.44, (Metro: Palais Royal), closed Sundays, has been a favorite of ours since it opened in 2015 under the management of Thomas Chaput one of the founders of Pirouette. The prices always seemed right to me (we'll get to that later) and the food exemplary.
Neither of us particularly took to the sound of the "menu" whose prices I realized later where somewhat higher (2 and 5 E for 2 and 3 dishes) than 2 years ago so he started with the intriguing sounding and wonderfully tasting cucumber with gin sauce and I had an equally good tartare of langoustines topped with sliced raw mushrooms.
Then he had the filet of pork shoulder with tasty veggies and I had pigeon with caviar d'aubergines and thick pigeon drippings that was also worth noting.
Then I talked him into sharing a dessert of Granny Smiths two ways with meringue that was just OK.
Our bill with a bottle and glass of wine, a coffee and an infusion, was 151.50 E, which surprised us both. We questioned our gracious wait-lady but indeed, with two 6 E supplements, it was correct. dB's = 80.1
Coda: After coming home I looked up my prior bills - 92, 93, 106 and 101 E a couple. Hummm.
Go? I guess so, although I'll look a bit more closely at the prices.
Boulud, I think you intended to say. One of Daniel Boulud's flagships.
Posted by: Mark H. | June 04, 2019 at 03:13 PM