Fashion (fooding) week #3

Few places, even in the Greek Islands we agreed, compare to this Montmartre mezze mecca where our group managed to nab a last minute reservation thanks to a wildcat métro strike.

Recommended: grilled fresh octopus atop broad bean purée; crunchy fresh spinach samosas; papille-popping moussaka; fried feta with grilled Mediterranean veggies; anything with fish.

 

Atma rosé and Olympian Retsina by the bottle

Ētsi

23 rue Eugène Carrière 75018

Merci Mikaela

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Tomorrow

Not just wine

Fashion (fooding) week #2

A convivial evening was had by all at this casual Les Halles bistrot, overseen by Alain Ducasse, which I'd written up as part of a "Paris restaurant marathon" piece.
[also posted here Extreme Fooding: Champeaux]

Above: poulet en crapaudine with its silky purée en cocotte (a house specialty); plump fresh codfish atop white Tarbais beans; creamy coquillettes laced with smoky ham and black truffle

Below: after-dinner Cognac is siphoned then deposited into glasses
 

 

 

Champeaux

Forum des Halles La Canopée 75001

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Tomorrow
It's Greek to me

Fashion (fooding) week #1

   Looking back, I realized that this year's autumn Fashion Week might as well have been called "Fashion (fooding) week."

Since September I've been meaning to post some of the many dining and imbibing spots - among old (and new) friends - before, during, and just after Paris Fashion Week.

Above: Fouquet's, with its red awning dominating a corner on the Champs-Elysées, was a fitting, reliable, and très parisien point de rendez-vous

Inside: small plaques next to tables denote some of its star-studded habitués from past and present.

 

Outside: a shining walkway bears the names of recipients of French cinema's coveted César Award.

 

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Founded 1899 / listed a historical French monument 1990

Menu in collaboration with Chef Pierre Gagnaire

Brasserie Le Fouquet's
99 Avenue des Champs-Élysées 75008

  To Michael

 

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Tomorrow
Le Ventre de Paris: Ducasse revisited  

Mit Schlag?

When my parents lived in Vienna, a city that rivals Paris for elegant coffee houses and coffee, the good part of many an afternoon would be spent beneath chandeliers indulging in hot chocolate, Kaffee - usually followed by the question: "Mit Schlag?" ("With whipped cream?") - and decadent pastries.

Above: Café Viennois at PAUL's tea room in Saint-Germain-des-Prés on a cold November evening

Spot the reindeer

A favorite brunch stop has changed its awning dressing to a winter theme.

Maison Sauvage
5 rue de Buci 75006

- heat lamps on terrace - 

Light bulbs

Exiting a restaurant in the Marais district.

 

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Wine and steak

An easily overlooked small restaurant that's become our go-to neighborhood "steak house."

Above: wines of the day; perfect sweet potato fries; tender entrecôte

 Les Fines Lames

35 rue Lepic 75018