Post by Happygoin on Jan 19, 2013 13:48:40 GMT -5
During the most recent trip, we enjoyed meals at these terrific places, all in the 11th:
Creperie Breton 67 r. de Charonne: Arrived without a reservation on a Sat night at 7:25pm. Wheedled our way to a table by promising to be done by 8pm. So we only had savory crepes with cidre or apple juice; goat cheese, lardons, champignons being the most popular filling. They were very good. Noted a line out the door across the street at Paris Hanoi.
Paris Hanoi: Had tried Vietnamese food before and did not enjoy it. Was apprehensive, but the lines at the door prodded me to give it another try. The food here is just really, really good! Had some sort of shrimp dish (with or without nems the menu said, and as we had no idea what a nem was, we ordered them. Fried rolls of some sort. I have no idea what was in them, but as I'll eat anything fried, I don't really care
We also had the chicken curry and it was excellent. The place gets overrun as soon as the door opens, both at lunch and dinner, attesting to its popularity.
Bistro du Pientre (corner of r. de Charonne and ave. Ledru Rollin) Stopped here for lunch and had quite a delicious lunch on a very cold afternoon. The girls declared it their favorite meal of the trip. We had os a la moelle, or beef marrow, pumpkin soup, onion soup and a vegetable tart on puff pastry. What isn't good on puff pastry?? Plus the staff is fun and very friendly.
Mansouria at 11 r. Faidherbe is a Moroccan restaurant that plants you right in the middle of Casablanca. Sofas along the walls, yellow walls with sconces and zither music all add to the feeling that Rick and Ilsa might walk in any minute. The tagines are very good. We had chicken with olives and preserved lemons, and my friend had lamb with prunes. All served with cous cous, of course.
I always visit Le Square Trousseau, and this time went twice as the girls loved their hanger steak and Kir Royales with mure instead of cassis. Don't ask me what mure is, because I don't know. Perhaps a local reading this can clue me in. It's some kind of fruit liqueur, but that's all I know. We all asked for mashed potatoes rather than frites. They are just unbelievably good. The young lady who served us said the secret is lots and lots of butter. Great....
Creperie Breton 67 r. de Charonne: Arrived without a reservation on a Sat night at 7:25pm. Wheedled our way to a table by promising to be done by 8pm. So we only had savory crepes with cidre or apple juice; goat cheese, lardons, champignons being the most popular filling. They were very good. Noted a line out the door across the street at Paris Hanoi.
Paris Hanoi: Had tried Vietnamese food before and did not enjoy it. Was apprehensive, but the lines at the door prodded me to give it another try. The food here is just really, really good! Had some sort of shrimp dish (with or without nems the menu said, and as we had no idea what a nem was, we ordered them. Fried rolls of some sort. I have no idea what was in them, but as I'll eat anything fried, I don't really care
We also had the chicken curry and it was excellent. The place gets overrun as soon as the door opens, both at lunch and dinner, attesting to its popularity.Bistro du Pientre (corner of r. de Charonne and ave. Ledru Rollin) Stopped here for lunch and had quite a delicious lunch on a very cold afternoon. The girls declared it their favorite meal of the trip. We had os a la moelle, or beef marrow, pumpkin soup, onion soup and a vegetable tart on puff pastry. What isn't good on puff pastry?? Plus the staff is fun and very friendly.
Mansouria at 11 r. Faidherbe is a Moroccan restaurant that plants you right in the middle of Casablanca. Sofas along the walls, yellow walls with sconces and zither music all add to the feeling that Rick and Ilsa might walk in any minute. The tagines are very good. We had chicken with olives and preserved lemons, and my friend had lamb with prunes. All served with cous cous, of course.
I always visit Le Square Trousseau, and this time went twice as the girls loved their hanger steak and Kir Royales with mure instead of cassis. Don't ask me what mure is, because I don't know. Perhaps a local reading this can clue me in. It's some kind of fruit liqueur, but that's all I know. We all asked for mashed potatoes rather than frites. They are just unbelievably good. The young lady who served us said the secret is lots and lots of butter. Great....
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