Falling in Louvre

Grand staircase inside the Louvre Museum spirals beneath I. M. Pei's once controversial Pyramid.

Colonnes

Daniel Buren's stately columns.

En face

A sculpture on a table of accessories at a concept boutique on the Right Bank.

L'Éclaireur

40 rue de Sévigné 75003

Fashion (fooding) week #5

A light sharing lunch at a relaxed Montmartre restaurant with an open kitchen, country épicerie ambiance and views down rue Lepic.

Below: baguettes and fresh produce at the counter; fresh asparagus en salade; duck foie gras with fig chutney and toasts; lobster tartines

Restaurant Jeanne B

61 rue Lepic 75018 

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With thanks again to one/all, and as for the places not shown, that's for another time.

Fashion (fooding) week #4

Willi's Wine Bar offers the simple pleasures of life - art and wine, shared amongst good company - Willi's Wine Bar website

Willi's, off the beaten Fashion Week chemin (sorry L'Avenue) with its contemporary feel and just behind the gardens of the Palais-Royal, was a magnet for the fashion set come lunchtime. 

Besides excellent food, plenty of quality wines to choose from.

Willi's Wine Bar
"La vie, le vin, l'amitié"
13 rue des Petits-Champs 75001
  
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Tomorrow
 Casual chic on the butte

 

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