Y'know, JohnG, sometimes you are just amazingly humble. You continue to pleasantly surprise me. : )

Hi Sandy - <BR>Picture this, outdoor lunch with the Eiffel Tower in front of you while you indulge in definetely one of the best meals (lunch or dinner) you will find in Paris WITH a bottle of wine for maybe $150 tops for both of you. Skip Taillevent and make your reservation quikly for AU BON ACCUEIL (14 rue de Montessuy 01-47-05-46-11.<BR>Leave Taillevent for those who feel they have to spend a lot to experience the best food---sad actually (easy to follow what you read) It's harder to find a true treasure. PS. Taillevent is not the best food experience in Paris. ALAIN DUCCASE's Paris restaurant (the world's most decorated chef) is probably worth splurging on just to see. Alain Duccase in NYC as well is something you may want to consider in the future. I was at Taillevent and it doesn't even rank in the top 10 of the best meals EVER --thus far ( I can only speak of places like NYC, Tuscany, Rome, Syney, Paris, Capri, Lake Como,Milan, New Orleans). On a scale of 1 to 10, Taillevent is an 8. As far as their wine in Paris, we spent up to $250 a bottle. Result, not impressed at all. Wait to enjoy your wine tasting experience in Tuscany or in our own Napa Valley and Sonoma. <BR>For the most absolutely overall best food experience you will ever have, French, Italian, especially, it has got to be NYC HANDS DOWN.(then Tuscany , San Francisco, New Orleans). <BR><BR>For what it's worth, the best part of the meal in Taillevent is the mango sorbet (same great sorbet on the streets of Paris) and those homemade chocolate at the end of the meal. <BR>Maybe you can have coffee and dessert there???? Just a thought. <BR>Enjoy whatever you decide but you will surely not be disappointed with Au Bon, the Parisians love it !<BR><BR><BR>

Aude, Chateau d'Yquem is NOT a desert wine. If you were at all a sophisticate, instead of a wannabe, you would know that one drinks d'Yquem primarily with foie gras. Sheesh. Don't you feel like an ass?

Okay, so it's not a desert wine. Is it more tropical then? : )

Well John I am not going to lower my standards just because you have. d'Yquem is often served with desserts (by the way it is spelled dessert and not desert). It would be much too rich to be served at lunch with the exception of perhaps a Lobster Bisque.<BR>

By the way, anyone can do an internet search and see that I am right. Ta Ta

Yes, Aude, you're right! Dessert IS spelled with 2 s's. ; )<BR><BR>Ah, the magic of internet research.

"So many social engagements, so little time." - John Goodman, Raising Arizona<BR><BR>"So many overblown personalities, so little charm." - yyy, Fodor's Europe forum

Too bad this forum has become a contest instead of a helpful source of information.

D'yquem is a Sauternes and the world's most famous sweet wine estate. Kept four years in the barel improving at least fifteen years.

John est un trul du cul.

At the beginning, the "rivalry" between these two buffoons John and Aude was entertaining, but it has become a bore. What a couple of high-falutin gasbags!!!!