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

"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 jour- a toasty fried piece of cod with pepper mousse; eggs cooked on a plancha with a puree of asparagus, bacon and salad; and white cuttlefish and artichoke hearts both topped with slices of very wonderfully spiced chorizo.

For our mains we had the sweetbreads with petits pois; grilled bar with onions and chorizo; pigeon breast with its roasted parts and white asparagus; and the 7-hour lamb with violet carrots.  My 15th friend said some were better than others but I thought everyone did very well.

Desserts were a soft brebis with black cherries; gariguette strawberries and rhubarb in a rhubarb sauce with pistachio financier; and a praline tart with speculos ice cream and caramel sauce.

With the equivalent of three bottles of wine, no bottled water and three coffees, our bill per couple amounted to 94 E.