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• Pirouette: Best Prix-qualité Meal of the Year 2012?

  

  Pirouette in the 1st is a place that has pleased us since it opened this summer; it's inventive, seasonal and comprehensive while staying in reasonable price... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Ma Cocotte in the St Ouen Flea Market: Coolest Resto, Toilets and Clientele of...

  

  5.0 Ma Cocotte, 108 Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint-Ouen (Bus #85 Paul Bert), 01.49.51.70.00, has been generating hype/buzz since long before it opened in October... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Japanese Chefs Storm French Kitchens.

  A couple of weeks ago the food staff at Figaroscope published an article on 12 fine relatively new restaurants which have Japanese chefs (Note: the editors stat... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of December 17th, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the Alexandre Bourdas (of Honfleur’s SaQuaNa) new place in Paris, Pascade, coordinates given... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• 361 FAQ: What’s Better - Septime, Saturne, Frenchie, Spring, Chez L’Ami Jean,...

  Once a month on the “go-go” food websites of the moment or even on my little blog, the question is asked “What’s better Septime, Saturne or Frenchie? Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Children of Famous Chefs: a Mixed Story.

  Just as is the case of doctors, lawyers and I suppose Indian chiefs, whose children are more likely to follow in their footsteps than seek other careers,... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of December 3rd, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 4/5 dots to the pizzaria Il Brigante coordinates given before ; while Philippe Toinard gave 3/5 to La... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 26th, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the Chez Marcel, 7, rue Stanislaus in the 6th, 01.45.48.29.94, closed weekends, with a 19 E lunc... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Bistro Urbain in the 10th: Everybody Loves It But..

  

  4.2 81.6dB Le Bistro Urbain in the 10th, (whose card reads 103 rue Faubourg St Denis but whose bldg is marked #101 and is easily confused with Le Bistro Urbane... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Marloe in the 8th: a Renowned Repeat Revisit.

  

  85.2 dB* Marloe in the 8th is a place I visited about a month ago and thought it so good that I should take Colette to when she came back; and a good thing too. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Degres De Notre Dame in the 5th: Another Outstanding French Restaurant with...

  

  6.3 Les Degres de Notre Dame 10 Rue des Grands Degres in the 5th, 01.55.42.88.88, closed weekends, was a place about which an astute reader of this blog - Clair... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 19th, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the Felicity Lemon, 4, rue Lemon in the 20th, 01.71.32.71.77, closed Sunday and Monday lunch... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Novices in the 18th; Another Fine Addition to Montmartre That is Anything bu...

  

  6.2 Les Novices, 123 rue Caulincourt in the 18th, 01.42.64.71.37, open 7/7, is just around the corner of the Rue Nobel, which is a good omen, although it... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Clandestino is No Longer Clandestine; It's Been Found.

  

  This was my second visit to Clandestino in as many months and just as successful; indeed quite wonderful, all the more so because of it's astoundingly priced... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 12th, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the L’Essentiel, 168, rue d’Alesia in the 14th, open 7/7, serving everything from veal’s feet... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• The Brueghel Family at the Galerie d'Art Saint-Honore

  

  The Galerie d'Art Saint-Honore is hosting a show of 42 paintings done by members of the Brueghel family at the Galerie d'Art Saint-Honore til December 15t... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Crom'Exquis in the 8th: Excellent, but is $102 Per Person Excessive at Lunch?

  

  Crom'Exquis in the 8th was so crowded and well-reviewed that when I ate there a few weeks ago I immediately made a reservation for when Colette would be... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Clocher De Montmartre; A Piece of Friendly Advice Antoine - Broaden the...

  

  Le Clocher de Montmartre in the 18th is an easy hop, skip and electric Montmartrobus from our flat and Colette wanted a place nearby, so voila. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 5th, 2012

  Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to the Itineraires-offshoot 58 Quality Street, 58, rue de la Montagne Sainte-Genevieve in the 5th,... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 DINING OUT

• Monkeys Place in Ambilly/Annemasse: Quite Wonderful for 13.80 E After 4 Months.

  Monkeys Place in Ambilly/Annemasse (FR) is the sort of place one (me) only tumbles into after a funeral of a friend of 50 years; goofy name, across the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL