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Post by arrowcapet on Oct 1, 2007 5:56:03 GMT -5
I had dinner for the second time (first time this trip) on Saturday night at the Auberge Notre Dame on the Quai de la Tournelle. Five of us ate there, and had a really nice dinner. They have a 20Euro prix fixe, and the food is really quite good. I had the chicken livers with salad as an entree, and then the beef steak au poivre. They have delicious rustic cheesy potatoes they serve with most of their plats. I had beer, but a few of my friends split a bottle of wine that was only 13Euros and they said was pretty good. Dishes that some of the others ordered included onion soup, a really tasty goat cheese salad, a chicken fricasee plats and lamb. Everyone really enjoyed their dinner and thought it was quite tasty. There were about 6 choices on the dessert list, and some of us order the chocolate cake and some ordered the ice cream and then we all shared. Anyway...I mention it because I've had dinner there twice now and it has been enjoyable both times, and at today's exchange rate, finding a complete three course prix fixe that's good for 20Euros is a real treat.
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Post by Shoesy on Oct 1, 2007 6:02:34 GMT -5
Sounds yummy, Arrow, and the price can't be beat. Did you need reservations?
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Post by Jody on Oct 1, 2007 6:57:16 GMT -5
Wow ..another place goes on the list!
I'd checked your blog this morning and was disappointed that you were still having computer problems. Looking forward to some more pictures.
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Post by Truffaut on Oct 1, 2007 7:42:26 GMT -5
Remind me of the blog address, please
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Post by geordy on Oct 1, 2007 7:49:12 GMT -5
I Love chicken liver salads....it goes on my list!! For the price too!!
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Post by Jody on Oct 1, 2007 8:16:59 GMT -5
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Oct 1, 2007 9:26:00 GMT -5
Hey Arrow, thanks for the review - we are taking some family in late May and this would be justthe ticket (plus one who is going is a brother-in-law, who stayed with us at Christmas when we had a flat about a block from there, so he will particularly enjoy it). Thanks again.
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Post by arrowcapet on Oct 1, 2007 9:34:46 GMT -5
I'm going to have to spend the next few days trying to get the blog caught-up. Internet access in Italy was just awful. I paid 50Euros for 4 days at the hotel in Rome, then had not access in Chianti, and the access in both Santa Margherita and Venice was 5Euros for 15 minutes. So I said forget it, and I'd catch up when I got to Paris....which is now what I have to do. LOL. And nope, no reservations needed for the Auberge Notre Dame at 8pm on Saturday night. The place filled up as we dined, but we got our table just fine. There was nothing available down the Quai on Saturday at Rotisserie du Beaujolais, and Petit Prince couldn't take us until 11p, so we decided to hit this place. Dining on the cheap for the next week, so hopefully I find a few more places worthy of note. By the way, our dinner last night at Petit Prince was 175Euros for the three of us. That was a complete bottom-to-top dinner on the 26Euros prix fixe. We started with glasses of Champagne for a toast, added one dessert that we shared (the chocolat blanc et noir mousses and the almond ice cream), a bottle of Margaux at 36Euros, coffees and 3 ports after dinner. The meal was, as usual, just outstanding. And it still blows my mind, after all these years, that such great food, casual but pleasant service and such a charming atmosphere come at such an affordable price. Their prix fixe menus now start at just 16Euros, with what looked like some pretty good choices. A glass of wine and a quick dinner for under 25Euros at such an outstanding place is almost too good to be true. The place has, over the years, gotten so popular that virtually everyone around us was speaking English, the people next to me were complaining to the table next to them, in English, that I was smoking (yeah...I started again), and they even have separate menus in English now, which I don't remember them having before. They do still hold true to their gay ties from years gone by....have a little gay flag on the desk and a few "signs" in the window, but all of those are now posted along side the write-ups, the Zagat rating, etc. It's funny to have watched this place grow into what it has over the last 15 years, but not lose any of it's charm or great food. They have added several tables on the main floor to accommodate the masses. It is one thing I don't like. I used to go there along and always be seated with my back to the wall, and felt comfortable dining alone because I was watching everything going on. Now they've added more tables and there are no back-against-the-wall seats. But it is a minor inconvenience. Oh...and just for anyone wondering....I had the mushrooms stuffed with escargot and then the roquefort steak, one friend had the fois gras and smoked magret salad followed by a breaded veal dish, and the other friend had the suckling pig shank for dinner and i can't remember what she had as an entree. then dessert of mousses, ports, etc.
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Post by iank9 on Oct 2, 2007 1:30:40 GMT -5
Thanks for this Arrow. It has been added, along with Petit Prince to our ever expanding places to dine section. I just need to figure out how to dine in at least 6 restaurants per day over our next four day visit! We are making a conscious effort to try new restaurants each day however
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