by phyllisflick on March 12, 2012
After leaving his Aux Berges du Cerou in Salles, a tiny village (50 habitants) near Toulouse, and spending some time at the Verre Volé, Patrice Gelbart has opened Youpi et Voilà, a modern French bistro on a nondescript side street in Paris’s 10th arrondissement. The restaurant is small and the decor simple with stone walls, [...]
by phyllisflick on January 29, 2012
I am a big fan of gyoza, those crescent-shaped pan-fried Japanese dumplings, and would be happy to make a meal of them, if I could manage to do so without seeming like a glutton. Guillaume Guedj and Shinichi Sato have solved this dilemma with the newly opened Gyoza Bar located a few doors down from Passage [...]
by phyllisflick on December 10, 2011
I was excited to hear that Romain Tischenko, Top Chef winner and Ze Kitchen alumuni, had recently taken over Le Galopin, a neighborhood bistro just a short walk from my apartment on the colorful rue Sainte Marthe. The Rue Sainte Marthe, if you don’t know it, is worth seeking out. It’s an interesting street lined [...]
by phyllisflick on October 16, 2011
I spent last Saturday at the Comptoir General unloading boxes of the last of summer’s tomatoes and the first of fall’s harvest: bundles of swiss chard, carrots, yellow onions, wrinkled savoy and bright purple cabbages, potatoes, herbs, apples, and pears. We carried jars of ratatouille, home-made tomato sauce and brown paper sacks filled with [...]
by phyllisflick on October 10, 2011
My eating habits might strike you as strange. On most days of the week I try to eat vegetarian but then will cross town to buy something like this. Luckily, I see nothing hypocritical about a person who advocates a healthy diet but still likes to eat a good burger now and then. After reading books [...]
by phyllisflick on April 29, 2011
It was no surprise that Pierre Jancou’s latest restaurant would be beautiful—his last two spots, Racines in the Passage des Panoramas and La Crémerie on the rue Quatre Vents in the 6th —are both stunning. Even so, I was still struck upon entering by Jancou’s knack for uncovering hidden gems. This one, located on the [...]
by phyllisflick on January 23, 2011
Update 25 July 2011: Retraction: Unfortunately my last meal at Le Floréal was a big letdown. They obviously spent a lot of effort on the renovations but would do well to spend more time thinking about the food. The burger, which I loved on my first visit, had a strange texture and was average at [...]
by phyllisflick on June 13, 2010
Sometimes you find a little bit of happiness in the strangest of places and yesterday I found my happiness on the rue du Faubourg Saint Denis, at Urfa Dürüm, a tiny hole in the wall serving marvellous sandwiches. To be honest, I wasn’t exactly charmed by my first encounter with this neighbourhood when I arrived [...]
by phyllisflick on April 26, 2010
Sidewalk cafés literally abound in Paris and can be found on just about every corner; since winters here can be grey and even a bit gloomy, it’s no surprise that at the first hint of Spring, Parisians come out en mass. Every terrace is overflowing, but too often these precious parcels of land are just [...]
by phyllisflick on March 7, 2010
I just got back from Brunch Bazar, the new monthly happening at the Comptoir Général in the 10th. It was quite the bobo* scene and packed with very cool looking Parisians and their kids. A DJ was spinning the Godfather of Soul as Cococook, based in the Marais, served take-away style organic salads, sandwiches, muffins, [...]