it highly. It is run by Alain Passard, and I read about it on Chocolate and Zucchini, and it was one of my main reasons for going to Paris at the moment. I reccomend you read the review on that site, as it includes pictures. I... (0 replies, last updated by kate June 3, 2005)

, Alain Passard. The menu consists of vegetables and seafood with an occasional meat. The ingredients are the best available and the cooking can seem simple and austere. Unless you take the prix fixe lunch, it is also the most... (1 reply, last updated by PBSF April 2, 2007)

Just finished reading an article about the recent menu changes at Alain Passard's 3 Star restaurant: L’Arpege. He is refocusing on vegetables, fruits & flowers. All red meat and poultry is off the menu...they don’t... (1 reply, last updated by seattle July 9, 2001)

a la carte. The wine list is less expansive than most top notch places though. Maybe you want to do a delayed V-Day and go for the Alain Passard dinners? http://www.manresarestaurant.com/events/calendar.html My personal preference... (7 replies, last updated by Porthos January 26, 2007)

tomate confit aux douze saveurs is one of alain passard's signature desserts at l’arpege. here’s a link to the recipe on his website. in french. the english version does not seem to be working. bon appetit. Link:... (5 replies, last updated by scott February 11, 2002)

Le Carre des Feuillant is very good. Minus ; sometimes they overdo the sophistication a little by using to many ingrediens on the same plate. Alain Passard is very inventing and excellent. You can also give Pierre Gagnaire a try (... (4 replies, last updated by Per & Marie Nygren January 28, 2004)

I’d suggest Alain Passard's L’Arpège....He serves almost exclusively vegetables, but I think you could find some fish on the menu, too. On the pricey side, but it’s a Michelin-star kind of place. (2 replies, last updated by Michelle007 August 6, 2009)

Frankly, if we hadn’t had a late lunch at Angelina, where the hot chocolate is to die for as well as the Mont Blanc, we would have been hungry too. I guess it is more in the nouvelle cuisine mode. The chef was a second to... (4 replies, last updated by Linda May 30, 2002)

Another food scandal hit France Friday, and with it the announcement that one of the country’s top restaurants was shunning meat for good. Arpege, one of the high temples of the Paris food scene, will soon turn vegetarian... (9 replies, last updated by pat hammond January 15, 2001)

wow...what a deal ! L’ARPEGE < retour aux résultats > Chef de cuisine Alain PASSARD > Lieu 84 Rue de Varenne 75007 PARIS 01 45 51 47 33 www.alain-passard.com > Prix Formule entre nous : > 50 € > Menu Menu valable au (10 replies, last updated by John Talbott October 8, 2009)

but rarely eats it because his seafood-loving partner has developed an shellfish allergy and he doesn’t want to rub it in. But partner was out of town for a conference, so we decided to pull out the stops. The preparation... (2 replies, last updated by carswell June 4, 2008)

top end (in the 7eme) try L’Arpege, Alain Passard cooks outstanding vegetable dishes. It isn’t cheap, but it is reputedly the greatest vegetable based food in the world. (7 replies, last updated by PhilD July 20, 2008)

a gracious gesture. Reminded me of a quiet humility that I encountered in a similar gesture from Alain Passard a long star ago in a galaxy far far away. Enjoyed the House Restaurant enormously. Highly recommend it. And the Lion... (0 replies, last updated by AZ August 26, 2001)

Well, if it’s vegetarian fine dining you want, look no further than Alain Passard's L’Arpege, one of Paris' top dining establishments that offers a vegetarian and non-vegetarian menu. Passard's way with a vegetable is... (5 replies, last updated by myplateoryours June 29, 2006)

I saw an episode of Iron Chef the other day. (The real one, not that imitation variety show with Alton Brown) It was apparently the finals of some ultra-challenge match where the 4 Iron Chefs matched off and then the winner went... (1 reply, last updated by sarge December 13, 2008)