A chef's salad

Chef Yves Camdeborde's irresistible salade gourmande: 

green beans, artichokes, more, topped by a slice of foie gras

Le Relais Comptoir
9 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006

 

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In February newsletter:

Some dishes from my childhood

 

Tripes à la mode (de Caen)

Légumes farcis à la provençale

Bacalao (salt dried codfish) w/bananes plaintain

 Omelette aux herbes a.k.a. "Daddy's green omelet"

Pied de porc en gelée

 Fromage de tête

Beef tongue w/pickles

 Tête de veau

Rognons de veau

Hasenpfeffer w/juniper berries

German Rinderrouladen

 

 More....

 

To my Father

 

 

Soup's on

From creamy veloutés using winter vegetables to a Vietnamese grilled eggplant hot pot - not to mention my own minestrones (grazie to my Italian Aunt Maria in Rome) and soupe à l'oignon, just ask my French in-laws - there's enough chill left in the air to make soup the hottest thing since the return of bone broth (which, in my family, never went away). - BPJ

[More soups - plus where to find them and recipes - April newsletter]

Standing order

No stools or chairs here: find a space and squeeze in at the counter for innovative French tapas and fabulous wines by the glass or bottle. 

Above: grilled croque monsieur of comté cheese and black truffles

Yves Camdeborde, chef de cuisine

L'Avant Comptoir de la Terre
3 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006


February newsletter

Nouveautés

Où est la clim?

Paris has noticeably cooled down but should la canicule return there are plenty of places where AC is in full force.

We almost needed coats at L'Avant Comptoir, an indulgent wine+tapas bar dear to my heart that I wrote up in The Good Life France Magazine.

Above: macaron of boudin noir

Below: caramelized pork belly; photos of choices hang from the ceiling

L'Avant Comptoir / Chef Yves Camdeborde

3 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006

(no reservations; casual; eat standing at counter)


- This + 14 more ideas to beat the heat, in August newsletter -
Nouveautés

A bouillon in Pigalle

Bouillons were after-market soup kitchens in days of old and this one lives up to the tradition of elegance, simplicity, great prices, great food.

Above: herring w/its potato salad; pot au feu w/spinach walnut side salad

 

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Bouillon Pigalle

22 Boulevard de Clichy 75018

Champagne on ice

...is very nice.

Above: the barman pours our apéritifs while a hunk of salt-studded Brittany butter keeps watch

 Below: just some of the sharing plates that accompanied

[sardines-as-you've-never-tasted; poulet frites w/horseradish cream; planche of thinly-sliced rare roast beef, parmesan, tapenade, capers]

L'Avant Comptoir Marché

Chef: Yves Camdeborde
Champagne: Drappier