Christina

I don't know NY well enough to really compare but I don't agree with the blanket statements about how this happened because you ate in the Latin Qtr. First, many folks actually refer to St Germain as being in the Latin Qtr. I don't, but I know a lot of folks on this board do and many of the people telling you what a dope you are for eating in the Latin Qtr think St Germain is fine. I don't think the worst area of the Latin Qtr (rue de la Harpe, etc) is likely to have meals at that rate, actually, so also wonder where you ate for that price. Unless that's for two people. Some others on this thread recommend and rave about places in the Latin Qtr (and you know who you are) such as Balzar's. Now I don't like Balzar's myself, or other places some others do (like Les Fontaines), but some people have named quite a few places in the Latin Qtr they like, so the idea that you ate there is not the problem.

La Tour d'Argent is in the Latin Qtr, for example.

I've had some very good meals in the Latin Qtr, and there isn't any particular quarter anywhere in Paris where someone should say you have to go there for good food, and not some other arrondisement. A lot of people who say well, what do you expect, the Latin Qtr (hint, poster no. 3 who begins with an S), probably don't even know what area that term covers and don't know the area very well as a whole.

robjame

<<Would you have the same reaction if everyone was in a room having a conversation?>> YES

As a lurker you must have seen your share of posts that are placed for no reason than to provoke the pro-European/pro-American camps.
When the OP posts a vague (your word) comment and does not answer several (including mine) polite requests to amplify and explain, then I bellieve it was a stupid post meant only to provoke.
Re-read the OP and not the loaded words..."not very good", "better meal", "very disappointed", "much better". Back it up or don't make the comment.

robjame

Welcome back frankdaddy...


<<I do not think it is a silly post and those who think that probably never ate in NY>>
Wrong. Been there and love NY and the food. I just happen to disagree with you.

<<I am not a "golly gee" person and I did plan a most meals.>>
Not sure of what you are saying here.

<<I also felt I was treated differently because I was from the U.S. as well>>

They saw you coming and cooked you a “special” meal?

My original question.. ”Please tell us where you ate and what you got.”

Nikki

I agree there is great food in New York, and I grew up there and go back often. It just seems to me that I pay more for my meals there than I do in Paris.

I do have to stand up for the Latin Quarter, where I have had wonderful experiences in small bistros such as Le Pre Verre and Le Petit Prince de Paris as well as the inexpensive ethnic restaurants that dot the area in great profusion.

michelleNYC

yikes.... Well, I'd say that for a prix fixe menu, $80 for two inclusive of tax and tip, I'd like to know where you find that in NYC. I spend $13 - $15 on my salad and water everyday by my office! Having dined in Paris (and the South of France) many, many times, you can get excellent food at moderate prices in many bistros off the well-beaten path.

Padraig

Having eaten as a traveller in both Paris and New York, I give you my opinion: if I am in Paris, what I might get for dinner in New York is irrelevant; if I am in New York, what I might get for dinner in Paris is irrelevant.