Tuesday, in Le Fooding, Julie Sammut reviewed the Restaurant Marengo Bistroquet in Marseille.
On Wednesday, in Figaroscope, Emmanuel Rubin reviewed and gave two hearts each to three places: Bakkus, 97, rue du Cherche-Midi, 01.42.22.19.18, closed Sundays, costing 40-50 E for poached eggs, lamb parmentier and pear with mint-chocolate; Raphael Le Retaurant in the hotel of the same name, 17, ave Kleber in the 1th, 01.53.64.32.00, closed weekends, costing about 110 E for items such as chicken with morilles, sole and Genoa pastry; and Le Cabanon de l’Ecailler, 14, place Constantin-Brancusi in the 14th, 01.43.20.52.17, closed Sunday dinner and Mondays, costing between 15 and 35 E (the formula is 15 E) for oysters and langoustines. One heart went to Louloucam, 264, rue du Faubourg-St-Martin in the 10th, 01.40.34.76.87, closed Saturday lunch and Sunday dinner, costing 15-25 (lunch menu 31 E) for linguine with razor clams, chicken with cream sauce and choux a la crème. A busted heart was awarded the Italian Il Campionissimo.
And in the Dossier this week, Alice Bosio, Hadrien Gonzales and Francois Simon wrote about the best chocolate macarons. The top ten were at:
Jean-Paul Hevin
Carette
Pierre Herme
Aoki
Dalloyau
Lenotre Bastille
Fauchon
Laduree
Dominique Saibron
Hugo & Victor.
Francois Simon really dished it out to the Bar de Frenchie about everything from the telephone, prix-quantité to service. His subtitle was “A Phantom Restaurant.” To answer “go?” he says he took the hit for us, now we have to see how masochistic we are.
This week in l’Express Mina Soundiram reviewed the Cantine California as well as two articles on Manhattan dining.
