Fish Friday

Just a 5-minute walk from the Louvre a restaurant that feels like a Tokyo fish market.

Above: an eel keeps company next to a customer's table

 Kodawari Ramen

12 rue de Richelieu 75002

  

Tasting Tuesday

 

  

Fashion Week, kaiseki-ryōri (traditional Japanese multi-course tasting menu), sake house cocktail, Kazuki Watanabe's open kitchen, Michelin chic and best of all, dear friends. 

 

乾杯 - Kanpai!

 

Ogata Paris

16 rue Debelleyme 75003

 

 

 

 

 

Maki Monday

Gourmet maki, temaki, sushi.... Japanese comfort food on a cold day.

 

Blueberry Maki Bar 

6 rue du Sabot 75006

 

 

Pots and pandemic

With travel restrictions still in place one way we've been experiencing the world (besides news, films, zooming...) is through food. Well before I spent several months in Tokyo, with stops in South Korea and Thailand on my way back to Europe, Asian cuisines were high on my list, but it wasn't until we stayed in Chiang Mai, did I learn some of the tastier techniques.

 

The secret to whipping up authentic dishes is having the right ingredients at hand and happily, Paris has no shortage of small (and large) Asian supermarkets. But many ingredients - ginger, coconut milk, soy sauce, green onions, hot pepper flakes, garlic, curry paste, basmati - can be found anywhere and don't require a special trip to Chinatown. All of the recipes in today's post use skinless chicken breasts (look for poitrines de poulet), best from local butcher shops. - BPJ

Above: a Japanese hot pot w/chicken slices, green onion, sweet potato

Below: Thai coconut chicken aubergine curry w/brown rice; spicy Korean garlic chicken w/basmati
 

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Recipes June newsletter

Paris sushi

The phone doesn't stop ringing at this remarkably creative Left Bank bijou.

Blueberry Maki Bar

6 Rue du Sabot 75006