Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
Carette – an old school, yummy tearoom
on the place du Trocadéro
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
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!
photos : JasonW
Restaurant Les Papilles –
something yummy for your tastebuds
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
Papilles means tastebuds in English, and if you like you meals meaty and copious, you won’t be disappointed here…
photos: JasonW
The Caffè dei Cioppi restaurant in Paris –
love at first bite
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
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…
photos: JasonW
The Fooding® Awards 2009 – we’ve already reviewed the majority of the Parisian winners for you on the blog!
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
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…
photo : JasonW
The Kitchen Galerie bis restaurant in Paris
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
After a rather nice lunch at Ze Kitchen Galerie in early 2008, we were obviously excited to hear that they had opened a second, smaller (sweeter?) restaurant just down the road. Plus, chef William Ledeuil has just won the 2010 « best chef of the year » award in the new GaultMillau guide. Perfect!
So how did our visit go? How was the décor, how was the food? Read on, read on…
photos : JasonW
Le Timbre, a small restaurant in Paris with great reviews that turned out to be a big disappointment
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
What happened the night we went to Le Timbre? Was it just one of those ‘off’ days? We’d read lots of nice things about it, and yet our meal was extremely underwhelming, the first time we’ve left a restaurant in a long time without leaving a tip.
We try to analyse what went wrong, and what should have been better…
photos (except this one taken from the restaurant site): JasonW
Frenchie, a restaurant on rue du Nil in Paris
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
Once again the rising buzz of a new restaurant has drawn us in: Frenchie (so-called because of the chef’s nickname when he worked abroad) is not only ridiculously fashionable at the moment, it’s also tiny – just 24 seats – which makes getting a table extremely tough right now. Worth the effort or not then? We find out…
We test a selection of Paris’ most delicious, limited edition mille-feuilles for you (aren’t we nice?)
A Parisian experience, Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
Pierre Hermé is one of France’s most celebrated pastry chefs, with a super chic boutique in Saint-Germain (and Tokyo!) and a solid reputation for extremely delicious desserts. People queue outside and right down the street to buy them.
When we heard that he was producing six limited edition mille-feuilles for the month of September, we thought it would be the ideal excuse moment to try a mystery tasting session with some of our team, asking them to try and guess the ingredients and then vote for their favourite. This is how it went…
photos : JasonW
La Bouche, a lovely restaurant with great staff and excellent food
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
In a neighbourhood not particularly well know for its gourmet food (although La Boulangerie isn’t too far away), we tried out this new restaurant after reading a couple of reviews that said the food was surprising and the waiters really cheery and courteous (not always the case in Paris). And guess what? It’s all true ! Read on…
photos : JasonW
The Café de l’Odéon Restaurant/Café in Saint-Germain
Food - tips for "Gastronauts" by JasonW
It’s no secret that we love the Théâtre de l’Odéon: special VIP offers for our guests who fancy a night out at the theatre, our annual exhibition in their prestigious function rooms for our photo project…
Perhaps it will also become our favourite restaurant too? Read on for the story of how a sad forecourt could become one of the most chic and hyped terraces of the Parisian summer…
photos: JasonW
