6.2 Nüba, technically at 36, quai d'Austerlitz (but really in the Docks/Wanderlust/M.O.B. building) in the 13th, (Metro: Gare d'Austerlitz), closed Mondays, 01.76.77.34.85 (but they never answer, which is a problem because they wound up turning people away who probably tried to make a reservation, as I had) opened earlier this summer and would get mentioned as a night-club, great terrace place, food served only in good weather type (not true according to the wait-guys) but what caught my eye was that the chef had come from Ze Kitchen Galerie and Galopin - Wow!. So I was waiting for the right "good weather day" and today it was ideal - temperatures not over 80 F, not a cloud in the sky, and a rooftop view of the Seine/etc.
The carte looks pretty simple but the dishes are anything but. I started with the poached cuttlefish with green cabbage leaves which arrived with other veggies (scallions and fennel bottoms) in a terrific lemony sauce, which was a lot of food but I kept hearing Mom over my should saying Nonnie "finish your vegetables!" and I did - and then I had an interminable WAIT - A REALLY LONG WAIT for my - travers of pork with another whole set of wonderful marinated and grill-burned vegetables, including zesty mushrooms. This, I could in no way finish and my waiter was convinced I didn't like it/them, offered to supply something else (Good Grief!) or or or. No I insisted, I loved it/them.
Problems: Yes, the long waits, the unanswered telephone, the schlep over there, the lack of an elevator that is marked & available to all, the lack of signage or directions once there and nothing but picnic tables for 4 or 6 which resulted in my having to overhear a whispered episode of what was either a break-up in a relationship or a very delicate moment in it.
