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I too will be in Paris (and a day in Reims) mid October and also intend to dine at one of the Constant restaurants (local friends are in charge of reservations where needed).

Much as I love French food, I find that I must intersperse the richness of it with an occasional meal of a fragrant Japanese or Vietnamese broth or Pho, or a bowl of bun. I'm on a trek to find a good pho in Paris as well. I also love vietnamese sandwiches (Banh Mi).

Mathieu - Here's the link to a blog that reviewed Song Heng. Maybe you can get a chance to try it in October. http://20littlecities.com/where-to-e...-at-song-heng/ This other link is from the website Chocolate & Zucchini. We have been to the Banh Mi shop up in Belleville a few times since reading about it. They are very tasty and we like to bring them down to the Canal if the weather is nice and have a picnic. http://chocolateandzucchini.com/arch...n_sandwich.php Hope you get a chance to try both. I know that we are going to both in November.

We are at the end of our trip now in Barcelona. Last monday we went to Reims for our day trip. It was a cloudy, rainy day. That didn't stop us from enjoying our time in the city. We took the TGV, a 45 minute ride to Reims. After walking about the city a bit we headed back toward the Place de Republique for our wine tour at Charles de Cazanove. It isn't one of the top cellars, or even a cellar. It is the factory for the GH Martel owned champagne. At first we were the only people on the tour which began with the obligatory video of how champagne is produced and the history of the company. We were joined by a young man who was from China and spoke perfect english. He came to France to live in Bordeaux and study everything about wine. He had already been to the Pommery tour and in fact did not like it and said the Cazanove tour was much more what he was looking for, the actual production of the champagne and not the "beautiful houses that they lived in". We were given three small glasses of champagne to taste and left on our own to drink it. We had a really nice conversation with the Chinese student as of course champagne tends to loosen one's conversation. He was very interested in the U.S. election and other issues involving the U.S. such as immigration and the economy. It turned out to be a very nice tour and tasting. We went our separate ways after the tasting, he to learn more about wine producing and us to find a spot for lunch.

We chose Le Grand Cafe right near the station and not far from Charles de Cazanove. While it was not gourmet food it really hit the spot. We had moules frites. I had mine champenoise(creamy sauce with champagne) my husband had his provencal (tomatoes, wine). We both thought mine was the better of the two.

After lunch it began to rain harder. We walked over to the cathedral to visit, then to the Beaux Arts Musee, which is being either being remodeled or art is on loan, as only a few rooms were available to view. From there we walked into the center of the downtown area where stores were in arcades and under cover. Of course I bought the pink Fossier biscuits for the champagne that we purchased at Charles de Cazanove. We ended up ducking in out of the rain at a cafe near the station before heading back to Paris on our 5:00 p.m. train.

(How was the apartment??)

Much much later I am responding to DebitNM. Sorry I didn't see your post. We really loved the location. The apartment was good as well. It had a very comfortable bed and the owner couldn't have been nicer. We were able to keep up to date on the US elections with the satellite tv and the free phone calls to the US. Thanks for the recommendation. It was perfect for us.