Passage 53
  • 16
  • Mar
  • 2011

A small restaurant in a dark passage but with a creativity and a new style that we all like. Passage 53 gives a fusion French-Japanese and got a second Michelin Star last week. They bring in a new flavour in French cuisine

Passage 53, 53 Passage des Panoramas, 75002 Paris, tel 01 42 33 04 35, M° Grands Boulevards

Le Comptoir du Relais
  • 06
  • Mar
  • 2011

Last weekend we ate at Le comptoir and it was a real treat. They don’t take reservations, means or you queue or you eat rather early. We were seated between 18.30h and 19h.

The service was correct and friendly. We did choose from the menu on the blackboard. A wonderfull first course was a kind of soup from the south. As main course we took the rumsteak with vegetables. A little red wine made it a feast. The cheese platter was OK but not exceptional, but the dessert ( caramel with salt – icecream) was very very tasty. For this nice evening we did pay 128 Euro which is a fair price for the quality you get.

Next to Le comptoir you have the Avant Comptoir, a little bar to take a nice wine or apéritif and soms nibbles ( platter of freshly cut ham , njam ). They serve also sandwiches and pancakes. The sandwiches with ham and cheese are to die for. And the pancakes come with not so traditional ingredients. Next time we pass by, we will definitely jump in.

Le Comptoir du Relais, 9 Carrefour de Odeon, 75006 Paris, tel. 01 43 29 12 05, M° Odéon

Café Constant
  • 19
  • Feb
  • 2011
Situated in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at the corner of rue Saint Dominique and rue Augereau, a short distance from Le Violon d’Ingres and Les Cocottes, the Café Constant is a local café where you will often find Catherine and Christian Constant, as well as all the locals. They opened in 2003. At Café Constant, they serve traditional café food.

« Here, I cook traditional café food inspired by my mother’s recipes. It’s a place where you can come for a coffee and a croissant in the morning, lunch and a apéritif……to cut it short, a real Parisien café ». Christian Constant.
Christian Constant got his inspiration at home from his mother . He worked at Ledoyen, but gave Les Ambassadeurs, the restaurant of The Ritz,  two Michelin stars and inspired a new generation of bistro-chefs.
Bistro Constant, 139,Rue Saint-Dominique , 75007 Paris, tel. 01 47 53 73 34, M° Ecole Militaire . Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 8-23h (lunch 12-14.30h, until 17h with an afternoon menu – dinner 19-23h) No reservations.




Un Zèbre à Montmartre
  • 19
  • Dec
  • 2010

Good friends of ours had a great meal at the place. The ambiance was fun, the staff very friendly.

Located at the junction where rue Lepic meets rue des Abbesses, it’s perfect for lunch, even for dinner (specialy sunny weather)

Simple cuisine meets good taste. An unsurprising reliable menu and smiling staff.

Un Zèbre à Montmartre, 38 Rue des Abbesses, 75018 Paris, tel 01 42 23 97 80, M° Abbesses