After a truly marvelous day of walking the streets of Paris, great museums, a superb lunch at Premices and excellent cocktails at the George V, we made the short walk to Le TImbre in the 6th at 3, rue Sainte-Beuve. The name translates to the “stamp” and it is indeed a postage stamp sized place. …
Paris: George V
After a truly wonderful lunch at Prémices, we headed to the Musee Carnavalet which is located in Le Marias and dedicated to the history of Paris. There is a large sculpture of of Louis XIV the Sun King in the courtyard which seemed to be mocking our gluttony to date 🙂 It was a very interesting…
Oysters: O Ya***
An oyster at O Ya is not going to be served my favorite way – with a tiny squeeze of lemon. Rather the oysters are more tricked out than I like. The better of the two is the Kumamoto oyster with watermelon pearls and cucumber mignonette. It is a very refreshing take on the oyster and a fun…
Paris: Prémices
After a week of serious eating in Paris, there were a few standouts but the one place that really hit on all levels for us was Prémices. The chef – Alexandre Weill – spent ten years as a banker at Morgan Stanley before deciding to attend culinary school and apprentice at a number of well known places such…
Paris: Huitrerie Régis
Final takedown of the trip. This did not even come close of rising to the level of David Toutain or L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon but instead was just disappointing. It is interesting that our three disappointments this trip were places we had been to in the past. Huitrerie Régis is a tiny oyster place in the 6th that…