(December 26th, 2012) As I'm sure that you all are all too familiar with by now, I've a thing for seeking out highly rated restaurants. In a city like Paris, the number of options that you have is just staggering, so the easiest way to quickly filter the extraordinarily long list of restaurants into something manageable is to limit yourself to just looking at two and three star Michelin restaurants within walking distance. Normally, a strategy such as this would just be too much, but, I figured, when will I ever be here again?
So, with that rationale in mind, Kim and I set off for L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon. While there are a handful L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon restaurants around the world, the location that we visited in Saint-Germain is his flagship as far as we know.
We had the potential to get ourselves into a lot of trouble. The special menu for the day was a set course involving black truffles. Extremely rare and expensive black truffles. But, we'll only be here once, so why not? This attitude led us to having the most expensive dish that I think we will ever eat, assuming that we don't strike it rich somehow: Spaghetti with black truffles:
As simple as this dish looks, the black truffles were phenomenal. The chefs did a fantastic job of giving you something filling that really accentuated the taste of the truffles and nothing else. But still, the remainder of our dishes were fairly small, so we had a few small plates to enjoy in addition to this!
Lobster, truffle, and cabbage ravioli.
Black Angus, with a shallot confit
St. Jacques scallops and black truffles on a bed of macaroni.
and Sabayon with a chocolate crumble and gold covered Arabica coffee beans.
This was probably one of the most expensive meals that we will eat for a long time, but it was worth every penny.
Our decadence in Paris was not confined to this one stop, though. It seems that every corner we turned was a new macaroon shop, a bakery, or something else to entice us. Not the least of which was Laduree
A simpler meal, after indulging at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon.
The reason we went to Laduree, though, was for the macaroons. So many varieties, and so much demand, it was as if the staff there that would put your order together were working on an assembly line in order to keep up with the steady supply of people coming in. I don't think that there's any cookie in the world that beats a fresh macaroon...
Our only other notable trip out to eat was to Le Relais de l'Entrecote. This wasn't for lack of desire or opportunity. Unfortunately Kim and I were pretty sick during our time in Paris, so we only made it out to a few places, electing to do something simple or at our apartment the rest of the time so as to not upset our stomachs. Anyways, back to Le Relais de l'Entrecote.
Once you're seated, you're asked two questions: what would you like to drink, and how well would you like your steak cooked. This restaurant is known for having only one item on the menu...steak, in gravey, with fries. And they keep piling it on your plate until you tell them no more. How's that for decadence?
So, with that rationale in mind, Kim and I set off for L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon. While there are a handful L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon restaurants around the world, the location that we visited in Saint-Germain is his flagship as far as we know.
We had the potential to get ourselves into a lot of trouble. The special menu for the day was a set course involving black truffles. Extremely rare and expensive black truffles. But, we'll only be here once, so why not? This attitude led us to having the most expensive dish that I think we will ever eat, assuming that we don't strike it rich somehow: Spaghetti with black truffles:
As simple as this dish looks, the black truffles were phenomenal. The chefs did a fantastic job of giving you something filling that really accentuated the taste of the truffles and nothing else. But still, the remainder of our dishes were fairly small, so we had a few small plates to enjoy in addition to this!
Lobster, truffle, and cabbage ravioli.
Black Angus, with a shallot confit
St. Jacques scallops and black truffles on a bed of macaroni.
and Sabayon with a chocolate crumble and gold covered Arabica coffee beans.
This was probably one of the most expensive meals that we will eat for a long time, but it was worth every penny.
Our decadence in Paris was not confined to this one stop, though. It seems that every corner we turned was a new macaroon shop, a bakery, or something else to entice us. Not the least of which was Laduree
I had never realized that Laduree was more than just macaroons, but they have a pretty good restaurant with an amazing decor
A simpler meal, after indulging at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon.
The reason we went to Laduree, though, was for the macaroons. So many varieties, and so much demand, it was as if the staff there that would put your order together were working on an assembly line in order to keep up with the steady supply of people coming in. I don't think that there's any cookie in the world that beats a fresh macaroon...
Our only other notable trip out to eat was to Le Relais de l'Entrecote. This wasn't for lack of desire or opportunity. Unfortunately Kim and I were pretty sick during our time in Paris, so we only made it out to a few places, electing to do something simple or at our apartment the rest of the time so as to not upset our stomachs. Anyways, back to Le Relais de l'Entrecote.
Once you're seated, you're asked two questions: what would you like to drink, and how well would you like your steak cooked. This restaurant is known for having only one item on the menu...steak, in gravey, with fries. And they keep piling it on your plate until you tell them no more. How's that for decadence?
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