Judy

Try the Chinese restaurant at 192 Ave Victop Hugo (0145040431),it is as good as any best Chinese restuarant in Hongkong.

Joelle

Michelle, <BR> <BR>I have a "French" restaurant to recommend : it is not French in fact, as cooking comes from the French Carribeans. The name is La Creole, 122 Bld du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris - phone: 01 43 20 62 12. <BR>A nice Thai restaurant is Sawadee, avenue Emile Zola, 75015 Paris (phone 01 45 77 68 90). As a matter of fact, it is located just in front of another place that has been recommended to you : Kim Anh. This restaurant has moved (is no longer rue de l'Eglise) and now is located 49 avenue Emile Zola, 75015 Paris. Their phone number has not changed. This restaurant was very nice, but also quite expensive.

Kate

There is a Japanese restaurant on the Ile St. Louis (can't think of it's name but it's on the Notre Dame side - at the end of the block) that serves wonderful Sushi. <BR> <BR>Also, the Latin Quarter will offer a variety of options (the restaurant owners are very annoying...calling after you to come eat at their establishments.)

bob

Hi: <BR> <BR>Easiest question on here: <BR> <BR>Just walk around the Latin Quarter and let your nose do the deciding. I ate in this area almost every day I was there and found bargains as well as a wide variety of European, Asian, and African foods.

StCirq

Bob Brown: Did you actually eat at Chez Bébert? We did, last year, and it was AWFUL! Besides some of the worst coucous I've ever tasted, they crammed us into a corner in the back of the restaurant near the kitchen where it was about 120 degrees. We just walked by it last Friday and all remarked "Oh my god, remember that place?"

never

Sorry guys, but I don't know why anyone would go to France and eat in any other than French restauants, if I lived there i might want a change but as a short term visitor , give me all The France I can get!

Tracy

IMHO just like curry is so typical of Britain (going to London, gotta eat at least one Indian), couscous/tagines/brik a l'oeuf/tabbouleh is oh-so-typically French. North African and Lebanese food is fantastic in Paris !

s.fowler

I agree with Tracy -- certain historical relationships [not always happy ones] and recent immigration have added new flavors to the French table. For example -- Tan Dihn [recommended here by several people including myself] is French-Vietnamese -- a legacy that preceded the US involvment in that region. <BR> <BR>The other reason is that, in one case for us, after 10 days of rich, filling multi-course meals, we craved a piquant tomato sauce of only the kind Italians can make. So we had a wonderful "last meal" [for that trip!] in a lovely Italian restaurant on Ile St. Louis. The food was every bit as gourmet and it was a nice break

Betty

Topping for Jennifer. Similar question from 7/01.

Diana

This past June we went to an elegant Algerian (not Moroccan--tho similar)restaurant called Wally le saharian. Around the 8th; I don't have the address handy. It was a beautiful restaruant with so many wonderful objects I would have gladly taken anything and everything home with me. When you are seated you are given a choice of red or white wine--everything else is pre-set. They have one basic meal that they have perfected. About 5 courses including various appetizers, couscous, meats and a dessert tray. It was relatively expensive--about $30-40 each I believe, but it was our most memorable meal in a 10-day stay.

Julie

My husband is a Chinese food fan. He's eaten it everywhere. One of his, and my, favorite Chinese restaurants is Chez Vong on Rue de Truanderie off Blvd St. Denis just a little ways from the Pompideau center in the Les Halles area. The food is very good but the decor, especially for a Chinese restaurant, but actually for any restaurant, is exceptional. The street it's on is a bit seedy and very dark and the entry retains that darkness so that as you walk into this dark area smelling of incense you feel as if you're entering a cave--a very beautiful cave with lovely oriental furnishings and small leafy palms and a few water fountains. It's all very tasteful and elegant. Food comes beautifully served. At least one dish will be accompanied by a carving of a sweet potato--a buddaha or a fish or bird or somesuch. They serve some dishes in bowls of matchstick potatoes. Elegant chop stick rests adorn the tables. And the maitre d' whom we've nickednamed "Giggles" for reasons that will be obvious as he greets you, is the consumate host. The place gets relatively high Michelin, Gault Millaut and Zagat ratings. Our daughter claims it's her favorite restaurant in the world. The owner Mr. Vong (Giggles) has three other Chinese restaurants in Paris, another Chez Vong off the Champs Ellysses and two others named Passy Manadarin one in the 16th and the other near the Opera Garnier. They too are beautiful but the Les Halles area Chez Vong is the best.

Sue

I ate at Wally le Saharian in 1989 and swear it was on Ile St. Louis on rue le Regrattier; anyone remember that? It was a great meal, and I'm sure of that!

wendy

HI--i highly reccomend restaurant Komodo--on rue du dragon --not only is the food inventive--kind of asian mix--vietnamese-chinese etc--but the owner Jeremy is one of the most interesting characters you will ever meet--make sure you give him regards from Wendy and David from N.Y.

VIncent

I second Joelle's posting whereby the best way to reconcile "French" food fans and exotic food gourmets is to dine at one of the many restaurants featuring cuisine from one of our overseas departements. Creole food is delicious. She mentioned La Creole in Montparnasse, there is also a good restaurant with Reunion island food (sorry, can't remember the name) at Impasse de la Gaite in the 14th. By any means, food from Martinique and Guadeloupe is excellent, combining traditional French know-how with exotic ingredients.