Moules on the menu:
Moules frites on a sunny terrace preceded by refreshing starters, below.
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Lunch in Paris is a pleasurable and often spontaneous experience with café terraces packed with happy diners in nice weather. It's a welcome daily break that means sitting down to enjoy - no rushing, no seatings with time limits, and rarely are reservations necessary, unless one's heart is set on finding a place out of the sun or *that table* in a private corner. Most of the time, again, at lunchtime, you can simply walk in and make your presence known. The daily lunch formule is usually good value and consists of a starter (entrée), main dish (plat) and dessert, or a combo of just two (entrée + plat or plat + dessert): look for it on the ardoise chalkboard or on the last page of the menu. All over France lunchtime starts around 12:30 with last orders taken by 2:30 PM when kitchens close, but sometimes, lingering is encouraged. Usually, waiters won't dote or hover, considered intrusive, but they will quickly come to your aid if but signaled by holding up a forefinger. - BPJ
