I am gradually catching up on writing the reports of my recent travels to England and France and would like to share my experiences with Chowhounders. These were written from notes made at the time. Rue des Abbesses, Paris, France...

Le P’tit Troquet 28, rue de l’Exposition Tel. 01 47 05 80 39 Reservations essential Closed for lunch Saturday and Monday, all day Sunday Metro Ecole Militaire “Troquet” is an old-fashioned word for a restaurant, and...

certainly wouldn’t be able to eat that kind of rich meal every day. With our meal we drank very reasonable red Gamay de Tourenne, served cold in 50cl carafes. Link: http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2004/07/le...

CAFÉ PROCOPE is one of the oldest restaurants is Paris, if not the oldest. Thomas Jefferson dined there! Located on Rue de l’Ancienne Comedie ,off Boulevard Saint Gérmain, a wonderful old street with lots of history....

Is there an outlet store selling Le Creuset in Paris?

Our second night in Paris brought us to Le Bristol. Le Bristol is on our “must do” list now because of the head sommelier, Jerome Moreau, who relocated to Le Bristol from Lucas Carton about 2 years ago. Although I only...

We’ll be in Paris late in November and, among other things, I’m looking forward to sitting down to a really great bowl of soupe de poisson. What’s your favorite spot?

Hi, Where in Paris can I get a really decent plateau fruits de mer? Something with a little bit of everything and very fresh. Thanks!

Hello – where would you go to eat the best confit de canard in Paris?

-Elysées or the Champs de Mars?" If I take this as an indication of their geographical presence ... can anyone help? I don’t really know anything on the C-E, and I’ve only been to L’Auvergne Gourmande and Le...

Just don’t order the prix-fixe at Thoumieux; cheap but yuck. La Fontaine de Mars is OK, nothing special, certainly not a “destination” restaurant. Other days, try Les Clos des Gourmets, Leo le Lion and...

, so fine dining and $500 for two people is probably not a good option. Any ideas for middle of the road, with local French cuisine would be appreciated. Our choice so far for Saturday is Leon Le Lion. Thanks in advance!

A quick weekend in Paris involved dinner at two restaurants I’d wanted to try for a while; both have already been discussed on the board, but for what they’re worth, here are my two euro-cents. Le Petit Pontoise I know,...

One of my favorite restaurants in Paris is Le Florimond... I had a lobster medallion dish with a fresh cantaloupe buerre blanc..it was to die for. I would do La Fontaine de Mars for lunch.

being treated with equal courtesy. We all had the 7-course “menu degustation” and all the food was fantastic. The revelatory dish of menu was the “Crème brulee de foie de canard, feves de Tonka.” One of the very few dishes I’ve...