Dining in Paris
Sep 16th, 2018 | 09:03 AM
#41
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I have not been there recently, but it should be mentioned that the Hippopotamus steakhouse chain is currently undergoing a complete makeover (both the look of the restaurants and the contents of the menu) by its new owner, so beef lovers might want to check it out. I would certainly choose it over the Relais de l'Entrecôte, for example.
Sep 16th, 2018 | 10:15 AM
#42
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There are good and affordable restaurants everywhere in districts with no tourists. Locals eat on ticket restaurant provided by their companies worth 8 euros, adding a few euros from their own pocket. In tourist districts, prices are usually expensive and the quality is lower. The list at https://www.parisdigest.com/paris-re...s-in-paris.htm is a good sample of restaurants worth visiting.
Sep 16th, 2018 | 01:12 PM
#43
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There are good and affordable restaurants everywhere in districts with no tourists. Locals eat on ticket restaurant provided by their companies worth 8 euros, adding a few euros from their own pocket. In tourist districts, prices are usually expensive and the quality is lower. The list at https://www.parisdigest.com/paris-re...s-in-paris.htm is a good sample of restaurants worth visiting.
I have had lunch in two small neighborhood restaurants at which most of the patrons appeared to be using restaurant tickets, and neither of them excited me. But this was just a small sample, and I chose them for their convenience. Others could well be better.
The list in the link includes many restaurants that are in tourist areas, and the criteria for selection are listed as restaurants with a view, nouvelle cuisine, affordable restaurants, and art nouveau restaurants. It includes several that have been mentioned in this thread.
Of the restaurants I have tried from that list, I really enjoyed Le Buisson Ardent, where I have eaten several times and which is in the neighborhood where the original poster will be staying.
Sep 16th, 2018 | 02:10 PM
#45
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“As with wine, life is too short to eat blah food.”
In my book, blah food equals wasted calories. And why would I want blah food when I am in France, where there is lots of good food that I absolutely love and that I can not get at home?
So I seek out suggestions here and elsewhere, ask for recommendations from people whose taste I trust, and am almost always happy with the results. I have no idea why people here would think that those who look for advice are only interested in popular, touristy restaurants. For the most part, I would assume the opposite. If we were interested in such places, there would be no need to come here for recommendations.
I do not know what a foodie is as it seems to mean one thing to people who self identify as foodies and something else to those who want to put such people down, but the idea that people want to find the restaurants suited to American palates and are not interested in actual good local food is probably mostly not true and is always insulting. I don’t see anybody here asking for restaurants that have a reputation or that everybody knows about, and I don’t see anybody looking for validation.
I just see people who want to know where others have enjoyed their meals to help make sense of the bewildering number and variety of restaurants in Paris.
In my book, blah food equals wasted calories. And why would I want blah food when I am in France, where there is lots of good food that I absolutely love and that I can not get at home?
So I seek out suggestions here and elsewhere, ask for recommendations from people whose taste I trust, and am almost always happy with the results. I have no idea why people here would think that those who look for advice are only interested in popular, touristy restaurants. For the most part, I would assume the opposite. If we were interested in such places, there would be no need to come here for recommendations.
I do not know what a foodie is as it seems to mean one thing to people who self identify as foodies and something else to those who want to put such people down, but the idea that people want to find the restaurants suited to American palates and are not interested in actual good local food is probably mostly not true and is always insulting. I don’t see anybody here asking for restaurants that have a reputation or that everybody knows about, and I don’t see anybody looking for validation.
I just see people who want to know where others have enjoyed their meals to help make sense of the bewildering number and variety of restaurants in Paris.
I will add that I live in a city with a large Middle Eastern population, and many Middle Eastern restaurants. I order falafel regularly, and the best I've ever had is in that tourist restaurant in Paris, in the tourist Jewish quarter.
