Eating out & Formerly Fine Dining

[french frank]

Or even the same table?

Oh, dis donc!

[vinteuil]

Oh, dis donc!

... o, we here are only snobs in a beyond-Thackerayan* sense - and wd be delighted to share with Me Fr Fr.

I do think, however, that double denim is terribly 2014...

http://stylecaster.com/denim-on-denim-rules/

* http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/snob-bef...ter-thackeray/

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Livre_des_snobs

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[french frank]

I do think, however, that double denim is terribly 2014...

Yes, I agree. What's more, I don't find it necessary to 'distress' my denim: I just go on wearing it (mainly in the garden) after it has gone in holes.

Anyway, the gastronomy of Otto's might be worth taking a look. Not too far from my stamping grounds either.

Brandade de morue, followed by the Suprême de Pintade aux Morilles, please. Orft the Prix Fixe (or Fixé as we say in the provinces )

[muzzer]

Apols if covered already but good food and atmos HURRAH treating said experience as making one socially or morally superior A VERY BIG BOO

[Daniel]

I can't be doing with Delius and Elgar and Vaughan Williams.

That was my earlier point really, somebody could say to your above statement, 'I would not be so self-restrictive', but I guess you wouldn't experience your choice as any real self restriction.

Um anyway, lest I lurk too much off topic, I've also been reminded that we had a stupendously lovely starter at The Greek Larder at Easter, squid (with something I'm not sure I identified ...) fried in butter, the rest of the meal good but nothing like its overture.

Also carry around hedonistic memories capable of warming any epicurean's heart, arising from a visit or two to Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons run by Raymond Blanc.

[ahinton]

Brandade de morue, followed by the Suprême de Pintade aux Morilles, please.

Mmmmm!!!

the Prix Fixe (or Fixé as we say in the provinces )

You say it that way in Brizzol? Vraiment?...

[vinteuil]

... she said : "in the provinces".

In Bristow it's "priw fixeiw", obviw.

I thank youw.

[Flay]

Tour d’Argent

I once dined there (somebody else was picking up most of the bill )

It was stiflingly hot. I went to take off my jacket and was pounced upon by the waiters: "Non monsieur, it ees not permitted to remove zis"

It was exceedingly uncomfortable and there was far too much duck!

We were even given certificates about the ducks we had consumed on leaving.

[Nick Armstrong]

I once dined there (somebody else was picking up most of the bill )

It was stiflingly hot. I went to take off my jacket and was pounced upon by the waiters: "Non monsieur, it ees not permitted to remove zis"

It was exceedingly uncomfortable and there was far too much duck!

We were even given certificates about the ducks we had consumed on leaving.

I'm glad then that I've always given it a swerve, and headed for special occasions in the opposite direction from the Ile Saint-Louis, here:

http://www.chezjulien.paris/english/welcome

Souvenirs, souvenirs...

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The church of the Couperins oncle et neveu is just by the restaurant, with their organ still in place....

[gradus]

Nice looking menu Cali, as I don't eat out in Paris, only rarely visiting, is it typical of what one might expect to pay for a good quality meal?

[Nick Armstrong]

Nice looking menu Cali, as I don't eat out in Paris, only rarely visiting, is it typical of what one might expect to pay for a good quality meal?

That's kind of high-ish, I think, partly due to location - and quality it must be said. As I said: special occasions (I think I've only been there twice! But have also recommended it to honeymooners and the like and they have not been disappointed). On a warm evening, sitting under the buttresses of St-Gervais, it feels worth it !

[french frank]

You say it that way in Brizzol? Vraiment?...

No, it was the Café Rouge which had it chalked on an A-board outside their Park Street establishment. I looked round surreptitiously and when I thought no one was looking I quickly licked my finger to rub out the offending ´. Which is when I discovered after scrubbing anxiously for too long that it wasn't chalk but white paint. At which point I felt the eyes of le tout Bristol upon me and moved swiftly on

[french frank]

I'm glad then that I've always given it a swerve, and headed for special occasions in the opposite direction from the Ile Saint-Louis, here:

http://www.chezjulien.paris/english/welcome

I've often enjoyed the homelier, check-tablecloth eating of:

http://www.restaurant-perraudin.com/ (particularly the 6 Nails …). Not fine dining, as such, but comfy :-)

[Daniel]

No, it was the Café Rouge which had it chalked on an A-board outside their Park Street establishment. I looked round surreptitiously and when I thought no one was looking I quickly licked my finger to rub out the offending ´. Which is when I discovered after scrubbing anxiously for too long that it wasn't chalk but white paint. At which point I felt the eyes of le tout Bristol upon me and moved swiftly on

Bristol needs you, ff! (or perhaps a version of you that more regularly carries a blow torch upon their person ...)

As, if I may be so oleaginous*, does R3.

(*I suppose this is the most appropriate thread to so be )

[Nick Armstrong]

I've often enjoyed the homelier, check-tablecloth eating of:

http://www.restaurant-perraudin.com/ (particularly the 6 Nails …). Not fine dining, as such, but comfy :-)

Looks brill! Thanks ff!