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Post by anneparis on Mar 25, 2010 5:51:12 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Mar 25, 2010 6:25:10 GMT -5
We've been to Fontain de Mars and Laidback recommended Cinq Mars to us last year, but we never got a chance to go........maybe this year!
Jo (who's realized that she's going back to Paris mostly for the food and wine at this point.........not that there's anything wrong with that! ;D )
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Post by GitteK on Mar 25, 2010 6:33:21 GMT -5
Anneparis, thank you !! I have Chez René on my list (recommended our ex-gourmande Lilia) and Fontaine de Mars is a keeper too (incredible bistrot. You'd think it would be packed with tourists wall-to-wall, but not so). Cing-Mars ? Hmmm........ the reviews look OK. www.zagat.com/Verticals/PropertyDetails.aspx?VID=8&R=100774Look, someone at Cityvox actually claims that the famous choc-mousse is served "à discretion" !!!http://www.fra.cityvox.fr/restaurants_paris/cinq-mars_99887/Avis-Lieu That goes on my list pronto - especially now that it appears also to bear Le Cordon Laidback Stamp  |
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Post by geordy on Mar 25, 2010 7:29:22 GMT -5
Shoot! I was "too full" for dessert whe we were at Chex Rene!  Next time I'm having 2 appetizers and Mousse!!! They have a fois gras terrine that looks to die for!!! |
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Post by Happygoin on Mar 25, 2010 10:22:43 GMT -5
Not to be a wet blanket. And, maybe it's that I'm not a huge chocolate fan...but isn't chocolate mousse kind of like creme broulée? Overdone a bit in Paris restaurants? I mean, there are SO many other wonderful desserts... Okay...don't shoot me!! I SAID I WASN'T A HUGE CHOCOLATE FAN!  |
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Post by PariS on Mar 25, 2010 10:53:12 GMT -5
Can't say that I've ever ordered chocolate mousse at a restaurant (but creme brulée is just about my favorite dessert, so I'm glad it's "overdone"!)...but knowing that THE BEST is just around the corner could change that!
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Post by Laidback on Mar 25, 2010 11:21:44 GMT -5
That goes on my list pronto - especially now that it appears also to bear Le Cordon Laidback Stamp N.B....Le Cinq Mars is a retro/modern little bistro which is very popular, requiring reservations most of the time. It is right behind the Musée d'Orsay, an area not suffering from a surfeit of good spots. I wouldn't necessarily make 3 metro/bus changes to go there, but it is nice before or after a visit to commune with the impressionists. |
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Post by phread on Mar 25, 2010 13:26:54 GMT -5
Last week we took the teen to Mama Shelter for a brunch to celebrate her Sweet 16. I took a spoonful from a verrine that I thought was full of chocolate mousse and ended up with a mouthful Nutella. Blechhhhhhh. Great Nutella. Housemade, I believe. But a mouthful. UGHHHhhh....
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Post by phread on Mar 25, 2010 14:18:38 GMT -5
Happy--- if you look at the list, 4 of the 10 restaus are in the 7th, the bastion of terminally traditional French food. I think you have a point...
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Post by framboiseetrose on Mar 25, 2010 14:36:44 GMT -5
Okay, here's the Mousse au chocolat at Chez Rene - September '08. Waahhhh  - ex-gourmande me cannot have it anymore. But all is not lost, maybe just a bite if Tom will order it and eat it!!!  |
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Post by GitteK on Mar 25, 2010 15:12:14 GMT -5
Framboisie, I will be happy and honored to escort you all over Paris, order fabulous desserts, let you have ONE spoonful - and me have the rest !!! |
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Post by Shoesy on Mar 25, 2010 16:12:05 GMT -5
Gitte - Don't forget that I have dibs on all macarons that end up on your dessert plate. ;D
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Post by framboiseetrose on Mar 25, 2010 16:24:32 GMT -5
IT'S A DEAL, GITTE!!!!  SHOESY, YOU CAN HAVE MY MACARONS!!!  |
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Post by geordy on Mar 26, 2010 21:10:17 GMT -5
Lilia...no whipped creme with the mousse au chocolat at Chez Rene?? But that "pound cake?" looks good!  |
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Post by kethrinelopez on Apr 22, 2010 4:47:28 GMT -5
Sweet, i love mousse, and can say that 90 percent of the time it´s never just right. Great advice on Paris travel deals |
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- ex-gourmande me cannot have it anymore. But all is not lost, maybe just a bite if Tom will order it and eat it!!! 
hahahha