Dining Out In Paris

 

Warning: Don’t read Dining Out In Paris on a FULL Stomach!

 

Is it possible to have a bad meal in Paris?

 

Oh yes, but most of the time eating out in this city is wonderful — a feast for the senses.

 

I generally frequent the local restaurants wherever I am staying there,  BUT I have Three older establishments that are on my fine dining Wishlist.

 

My top three have sumptuous old-world decors right out of La Belle Epoque.

 

They are all at least 100 years, are renowned, and are quite reasonably priced when you consider that just lunch at Le Jules Verne at the Eiffel Tower runs about 230 Euros per person.

 

 

Le Train Bleu

You have likely heard of this one, located in, of all places, a train station, at the Gare de Lyon.  But not like any train station resto you have ever seen!

 

It is like walking into one of the grand salons at the Versailles Palace — chandeliers, gilding, wood paneling, blue leather antique chairs and banquettes, and intricately painted walls and ceilings worthy of  Michelangelo.

 

I would spend my entire meal looking up.

 

 

 

Here is the taste of the menu:

Roasted leg of lamb from our Regions

with potato gratin

 

Veal ‘pot au feu’ with black truffles

with Winter vegetables

 

Beef tartare seasoned to your taste

Fries and Mesclun salad

 

Provencale-style saddle of lamb cooked medium rare,

with crunchy polenta and Nyons black olives

Dining Out In Paris/ Le Procope

 

Dining Out in Paris/Inside le Procope

 

Le Procope

The Café Procope, on rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, in the 6th arrondissement, is the oldest café in Paris that has been in continuous operation. It was opened in 1686  (inagine!) by the Sicilian chef

Procopio Cutò and was a hub of the artistic and literary community in 18th and 19th century Paris. 

Dining Out In Paris/ Le Procope Terrace

Again, it provides a gilded environment on the inside, but my goal is to sit outside at one of the tables hugging the facade of this restaurant!

 

Here is a sample menu of a Prix Fixe Menu.

Starter- Entree – Dessert

Starters

6 large escargots de Bourgogne Label Rouge
or
Onion Soup 
or
Caesar Salad  suprême with Chicken, Parmesan, and romaine lettuce

Entrees

Butcher’s Steak, with shallot sauce and  Frites Maison
or

Cod fillet with sauce Grenobloise with pureed potatoes,

or

Duck Confit with parsley potatoes

Desserts

Tiramisu façon “Procopio”
or

Baba au Rhum, Chantilly maison

or 
Sorbet au citron, Limoncello

 “YES!  I will have all of the above please.”

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