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• SF 3: Boulevard & Delphina's

  

  Boulevard is a place we last came to some years ago and quite liked it so when we were told this is where my professional association's past-presidents... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• SF 2: Sanraku at the Metreon & The Slanted Door

  

  Sanraku at the New Metreon Mall was a place I loved in November and elected to bring Colette and a French pal back to.  It's neat as a pin and looks out o... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• San Francisco 1: Lers Ros Thai & Commonwealth

  

  Lers Ros Thai on Hayes Street (across from my old fave the Hayes St Grill) is a place open just a year recommended by an eating companion in Paris and was he... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Best Price-quality Places These Days. Part II: Not on a Budget

  Talbott Prix/quality ratio = 9.097.0 Le 6 Paul Bert6 Rue Paul Bert in the 11th, (Metro:  Faidherbe-Chaligny)T: 01.43.79.14.32Closed Saturday night, Sunday... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of May 7th, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to Es, 91, rue de Grenelle in the 7th, 01.45.51.25.74, closed Sundays and Mondays, with unique... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Tablettes De Jean-Louis Nomicos: Another Outstanding Meal at an Astonishing...

  

  We returned to Les Tablettes de Jean-Louis Nomicos with the parents of a chef we know and when pere tried the amuse of a lemon gel bottom, a creamy middle,... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Art Deco and Its Queen (Tamara De Lempicka) at the Pinacotheque

  

  Two shows at the Pinacotheque of Paris are musts if you are a devotee of art deco.  The first, a survey of objects created during the period has dazzling... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Goust d'Enrico Bernardo in the 2nd: Walk Don't Run.

  

  5.75 Goust d'Enrico Bernardo, 10 rue Volney in the 2nd, 01.40.15.20.30, closed Sundays and Mondays, has garnered rave reviews, especially in cyberspace with... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Maurice Esteve at the Galerie Applicat-Prazan

  

  OK, I admit it; I'm a sucker; I keep going to galleries and keep being disappointed; I'll never learn When Colette pointed a photo from this show to me by... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Ze Kitchen Galerie: Never Ceases to Amaze.

  

  Opening the carte at Ze Kitchen Galerie is always a surprise; what will William Ledeuil have "cooked up" today", because he never is stuck in a repetitive rut... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of April 29th, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard reviewed and gave 2/5 dots to Aux Vieux Garcons, 213 Blvd St-Germain in the 7th, 01.42.22.06. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Comme Chez Maman: Our New Saturday Lunch "go-to" Place?

  

  I love this place; they initially started by serving only double dishes - Cotes de Boeuf, Cotes de veau, Giant fish, etc. - and had the dreaded brunch on Sunday... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Pirouette: "This Goes on My Top Three List" Said a Denizen of This Great Culinar...

  

  "What's good on this menu?" asked my friend from the 15th. "Everything I said." And it was, but I'm getting ahead of myself. We started off with the entree du... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Gagnage: a Gainful Go-back.

  

  I returned today with Colette and two recent friends to Le Gagnage, the restaurant of Aurelie and Jerome and we were pleased.        ... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Premices is as Promising as My First Visit.

  

  I had been so taken by Les Premices and its wonderful chef last month that when to friend-diners suggested we go back I jumped. We had two amuses: a mint cream... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Charlot, Le Roi Des Coquillages in the 9th: Open May Day.

  

  5.0 Charlot, Le Roi des Coquillages, 81, Blvd de Clichy in the 9th, 01.53.20.48.00, open 7/7 hasn't changed a bit since our gang went there in the 1980's... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Table in the 11th: A Bruno Verjus* Success.

  

  6.3 Table aka La Table de Bruno Verjus, 3, Rue de Prague in the 12th, 01.43.43.12.26, closed weekends, has been open a bare month and already garnered much... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of April 22nd, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to Cuistance, coordinates given before and Jerome Berger gave 3/5 to Edgar, ditto. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Edgar in the 2nd: When They're Good, They're Very Very Good, and When...

  

  5.0 (6.0 for the food, 4.0 for the problems that persist) Edgar, 31, Rue d'Alexandrie in the 2nd (Strasbourg-St Denis) 01.40.41.05.69 (which on the bill is... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Axuria: A Bit off Today but Hey, Who's Complaining?

  

  Axuria has been our "go-to" Sunday lunch place for quite some months but it didn't deliver today as strongly as before.  The amuse of a curried... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL