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…
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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…
Paris: Restaurant David Toutain
It was with great anticipation that we returned to David Toutain for lunch on the third day of our trip in Paris. This was our favorite meal when we were here this past summer and we could not wait to get back. What a disappointment! Upon reflection, I do not think that even if the…
Oysters: Huitrerie Régis*1/2
Huitrerie Régis in Paris was a pretty big disappointment during our October 2015 trip. There is a dozen oysters per person minimum and we sampled a dozen Speciales de Claires (Nº2), six Speciales de Claires (Nº3) and six Fines de Claires (Nº2). The oysters were large and briny like a good oyster should be but the…