Chez Marianne serves wonderful Middle Eastern and Eastern European foods.  Very inexpensive too!

Dinner at Les Ombres:

This was our splurge dinner.  Louisa and I both ordered the 95€ tasting menu and it was fabulous!  We ordered an inexpensive bottle of red wine for 36€ (highest bottle of wine goes for 600€). Fresh baked bread was served along with a small dish of herring on top of a curry sauce. I thought it was an unusual starter.

Our dinner began:

Garden peas veloute soup flavored with fresh mint, crab meat and thin shellfish jelly.  The mint was not overwhelming and I could taste the hint of dill. 

Next, we had the duck foie-gras terrine with sweet pepper chutney and grained mustard.

Grilled rare tuna, hot piperade and “Noirmoutier” potatoes cooked with salted butter.

Young lamb, cooked rare, flavored with marjoram and a spinach ricotta gnocchi (which really looked and tasted like a quiche).

For dessert: “La grande Dame”: Praline-flavored light pastry with lemon like “aux Ombres” 

Picnic lunch in St. Germain-en-laye

If you want an excellent steak (for 2) head to Robert et Louise in the Marais on rue Vieille du Temple. 

Chez Janou serves delicious, reasonably priced food. 

Dinner at  Bistrot de l’Oulette with some travel friends.

Munchies to go along with my Kir.

Simple lunch of a Croque Monsieur (toasted ham/cheese sandwich) with a small salad.

I met up with my friend Louisa in Paris and we had some great meals!  The exchange rate was really terrible but thank goodness all of our meals were wonderful!