France’s favourite naughty tipple (erm, 100 years ago) has given its name to this extremely reputable restaurant. We thought we’d try the place out to see whether it would transport us into an agreeable green haze, or just leave us with a nasty hangover…

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We gave you an illustrated tour of the Buttes Chaumont recently, and mentioned that this place was on the verge of re-opening. A couple of months later, with the summer weather in full swing, we couldn’t resist returning to see whether the food is as magical as the setting…

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We heard about Goumard thanks to a book about beautiful Paris restaurants. Their site says that it’s « one of the most famous seafood restaurants in Paris » and has been « beautifully renovated ». Sceptic – as ever – we decided to go down and check them out…

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Unsurprisingly, in a country that loves its meat and sauces, it’s pretty difficult to find a decent vegetarian restaurant (that doesn’t look like the canteen of some strange sect), and although organic food is gaining popularity with a certain part of the population, much of the country couldn’t really care less. In such an atmosphere of indifference and faint disdain, it’s refreshing to find somewhere like Le Potager du Marais where the food isn’t a dry ordeal, even if the décor could do with a little updating…

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I don’t know if you often eat Tiep Bou Dien or Pépé Atiéké soup, but I don’t really. This meant that dining at Waly Fay was a real voyage of discovery, not only for the names of the dishes but also for the great, different tastes on offer. We did our best to eat as much as we could for you…

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An exceptional hotel deserves a tasty breakfast menu. We have meticulously selected quality products so that your day gets off to a great start! Fancy a taste?

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We found Carette almost by accident, when someone proposed meeting there, as it’s a little out of our usual catchment area in the posh neighbourhood around the Eiffel Tower. We were immediately seduced by its old school warmth and – above all – the amazing macaroons. But there’s a lot more to the place than that. So we decided to go for brunch and taste as much as we could!

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Papilles means tastebuds in English, and if you like you meals meaty and copious, you won’t be disappointed here…

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After the Fooding® awards this year we realised (with a certain satisfaction) that we’d already visited most of the winning restaurants and told you about them on the blog!  However, one name didn’t ring a bell at all… Caffè dei Cioppi; the couples café? Winner of the Fooding® d’Amour 2009, but what does that mean? Amour as in ‘for lovers’? Or ‘we loved it’? We just had to go down there and get a bit of the love for ourselves…

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The Fooding® awards are a mini-event each year, with ten prizes given for the best restaurants around the country. Much more hip than the old school regulars such as GaultMillau or Michelin, half of the winners are Parisian this year, and it just so happens that we’ve already reviewed 3 out of the 5 for you these past months!

Here’s a reminder of what we thought of them…

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