Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to En Vrac, 2, rue de l’Olive in the 18th, 01.53.26.03.94, closed Monday lunch and Sunday dinner, serving sardines, pork daube, cheeses and chocolate for about 15 E a la carte; meanwhile Philippe Toinard awarded 1/5 dots to the Les Voiles in the 17th serving uninteresting and improbable/bad dishes.
Tuesday, Yves Nespoulous in Le Fooding, reviewed [a place I used to pass frequently on my runs, now limps] the 1904 Rendez-vous des Chauffeurs, 11, rue des Portes-Blanches in the 18th, 01.42.64.04.17, closed Sundays and Mondays, where Frédérick e. Grasser Hermé has taken over and serves for 12-25 E, items such as Basque soup, mussels, St Pierre and duck breast.
On Wednesday, in Figaroscope, Emmanuel Rubin reviewed and gave two hearts to the Japanese restaurant Mussubi; one heart each to the Bistrot Moderne and Balm; and a broken heart to both Floors and the Petite Maison de Nicole.
For Valentine’s Day, Alice Bosio put together a list of the most romantic restaurants in Paris:
Le Restaurant
Tres Particulier
Hotel Costes
Laperouse
1728
Prescription Cocktail Club
L’Office
Cristal Room Baccarat
Le Daniel
Bar 228 du Meurice
Petrelle
Qui Plume La Lune
La Tour d’Argent
Le China
Le Coupe-Chou
The Dossier this week by Francois Simon, Colette Monsat and Hugo de Saint Phalle and Colette Monsat was about dishes a volonte:
Terrine & Rice cake at Le Regalade
Lamb at Sebillion
Oysters at Comptoir des Mers
“Traou mad” (buffet) at Chez Casimir
Charcuteries at Chez L’Ami Jean
Carpaccios at the Bistrot Romain
Dim sum at Shang Palace
Brunch at Nolita
The buffet au Barbezingue
Brunch buffet at Mama Shelter
Francois Simon, went to Bobosse’s Quincy.
This week’s L’Express featured a review by Marie-Amal Bizalion of La Poule Noire in Marseilles; Charles Patin O'Coohoon of the Bistro Urbain, coordinates in the 9th given before; and Francois-Regis Gaudry of Septime La Cave, ditto.
Saturday, Francois Simon wrote up Le Nazaire in Saint-Nazaire in his Croque-Notes as well as note some highlights of the 2013 Michelin Red Guide. In addition, Hadrien Gonzales & Colette Monsat summarized the results of a poll of where the French dream of eating (in the following rank order):
Tour d’Argent
Bras
Bocuse
Troisgros
Jules Verne
Grand Vefour
Arpege
Gagnaire
Lasserre
Savoy
Sunday, in the JDD, Aurelie Chaigneau named her address of Sunday as Floreal, coordinates given before (6/10)discovery of the week 58 Qualite Street (7.5) and return to as Grazie (6). In addition Francois Lamaire reviewed L’Office’s off-shoot Richer, coordinates given.
