Les Premices in the 9th has become one of our "go-to" places with Chef Alexandre Weill's food interesting, holding to some classical preparations that still excite the palate. We had two amuse-bouches, a chopped lobster with coriander flowers and a quail egg with a rich, intensely-flavored mushroom soup - Boy!
Then, my oldest friend who lives and works in Paris had more lobster in another, different rich, intensely-flavored soup and I had chopped cepes with noisettes - both as flavorful as could be.
Then our friend of terribly longstanding had the pigeonneau with a wonderfully-crispy skin and its liver and spinach; Colette had the daurade with a wonderfully-crispy skin; and I had (unpictured) a good portion of sweetbreads with a wonderfully-crispy exterior on a puree with girolles - this guy knows from crisp.
We all sort of shared the apricot and fig desserts and then the final presentation of cool spoons with a dollop of sorbet.
With two bottles of Touraine, no bottled water and three coffees (plus another nice chat with the chef) our bill came to the equivalent of 130.66 E.
