Anyway, I mentioned previously about buying coupons on Groupon and here's one of the better restaurants we ate at. Generous portions with above-average quality. Extremely good value with the Groupon promotion but I guess it's still not so bad without. Located in a hip area with numerous crowded bars (mostly gay) on weekends!
Name: Le Passage Obligé
Location: 29 Rue du Bourg Tibourg, 75004 Paris
Expenditure: ~25€ pp w/o promotion
Found a gem in the 8th arrondissement - a rare one that opens on Sundays (everyday in fact). It offers a fixed "Menu of the Day" at 35€ per person. According to the waiter, the menu changes everyday. Perfect place to go back again & again! Of course, this runs the risk of inconsistency. You can love it one day and hate the other depending the kind of food they serve. We loved ours that day, so let's see how it goes the next time we return. I highly recommend this.
Name: Bar Le Passage (the bar section of a 2-star restaurant called Senderens)
Location: 9 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
Expenditure: 35€ pp excl. drinks
Because Hongxi and I love truffles, I picked this tiny place that specializes in just that. We liked the entrées more than the mains, especially the iberico ham and beef carpaccio. We also loved the truffle-infused olive oil that came with the bread. The velouté de cèpes tasted disappointingly bland. The risotto and pastas (with seasonal truffles) were not bad, while the egg cocotte was simply too small for its price! Fortunately the pasta was substantial enough for sharing. I think the sauce goes best tagliatelle, albeit a tad dry. Hence, this place recommended only for serious mushroom lovers :) Reservations necessary since the restaurants sits only 20 people. The corner shelves stock a great number of truffle-related products which I suppose they use in their recipes. Nice.
Name: Truffes Folies
Location: 37 Rue Malar, 75007 Paris
Expenditure: 150€ for 4 incl. a bot of wine (after 30% discount by booking through toptable.com)
did u get anything from hermes? :)
ReplyDeleteanyway your google maps are insanely detailed! didnt know u can do that on the map, add pins and stuff…
haha nah, for now i'd much rather spend on travels.. and yea i didn't know about the google maps functionalities till a yr back only! but i think only the 'paris restaurants' one is very detailed :)
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