Dinner on day five was at Gare au Gorille. What a truly fun, wonderful experience. Cool vibe, great food, terrific service. Love love love!! We started the day exploring Jardin des Plantes – the beautiful botanical garden in the 5th for the first time. It was the King’s garden and was originally planted as a medicinal garden by…
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Paris: L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
This next meal did not take place on Day Three like David Toutain but instead was sadly our final meal in Paris. Just like it was a bummer to end the trip with a disappointing experience I also thought it would be a bit of a downer to end my trip report on a sour…
Paris: Le Timbre
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: 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…