Le 3V in the 8th: A warm greeting, lovely setting and creative ingredients from a MOF: results = "just OK."

6.2 Le 3V, 3 rue de Vienne in the 8th, 01.42.65.55.86, breakfast and lunch Tuesday-Friday, dinner Thursday and Friday (Metro: St-Augustin) was touted as chic and light food brought to you by Chef Julien Baradel,.who went to the Ecole Ferrandi, and was deemed a MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France), no small achievement.  The décor is indeed chic, the restaurant completely full of suits and the service very attentive.  But then there's the food.

Colette and our friend from all over started with carrot peels wrapped around goat cheese with a quite nice dark toast; then moved on to chicken with a halo of jerusalem artichoke and scallops with celery rave while I had sweetbreads with a weird mix of salsifis and chestnuts.  Despite the clever mixture of ingredients, there was no wow.

Our bill, with a bottle of Bordeaux and Chateldon and 3 coffees, was 143E or 95.34E a couple.  db's = 83.7

Go?  I'm afraid not.  This is what my late, great real food critic friend would have called "typical 8th Arr. food."