Excellent cheese
  • 20
  • Jul
  • 2010

The French have a special relation with cheese. They are very demanding and want a cheese riped to perfection. Therefore most of the excellent shops have their own cellars. Marie-Anne Cantin has 7 of them and is one of a kind of perfectionist. But her obsession was worth while, she sells to a lot to well known restaurants all over Paris and also …to the President.

You can also assist to cheese degustations that change with the season.

Marie-Anne Cantin, 12, Rue de Champs-de-Mars, 75007 Paris, M° Ecole Militaire,

Le Miroir
  • 15
  • Jul
  • 2010

After a passage with Alain Ducasse ” Aux Lyonnais”, the chef and sommelier wanted to fly on their own. They decided to start a small bistrot where the ingredients of the food are the most important. And so they created a bistrot de chef where the chef can be creative and make very tasty dishes. We had a wonderful lunch ( cod with young vegetables – veal liver with Xeres vinegar sauce and salad  - strawberry soup ) with very fresh products, the wine was excellent and so the price. The service was correct.

In front of the restaurant is the wine-shop where you can find nice wines with an excellent price/quality.

Le Miroir, 94, Rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris, tel 01 46 06 50 73, M° Abbesses

Cire Trudon, candles with history
  • 11
  • Jul
  • 2010

Nowadays a lot of people buy candles as a present, why not buy one with history in Paris. Cire Trudon is a candle shop who started in 1643. Cire Trudon is the oldest operating candlemaker in France. The shop is a real experience in time.

Magasin Trudon, 78, Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris, M° Odéon / Mabillon

A sunny Sunday-afternoon on the Parisian canals
  • 10
  • Jul
  • 2010