Where was your WORST meal in Paris?
Nov 18th, 2005, 06:11 PM
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Two events...
L'epi Dupin which was so highly recommended, was very upsetting. It was our first night in Paris too. To explain...we were seated in a small outside veranda. There were three other TINY tables all jammed together. I do mean TINY. No tablecloth.
I had to change seats with my husband as a screen/shade ?? was there and the air was blowing on me. In doing that, I scratched my arm on something. Blood! I should have been forewarned.
The waiter just pushed the menu and the food on us and I will tell you it's the only place in France where I was rushed. The food?..my husband's meal was ok..my scallops were not. I hated the whole night.
The second worst meal..if you can call it that...we were at a market in Gordes and I got hungry. A vendor had a booth set up and was grilling things. I chose something (what was it?)..that everyone else seemed to be eating. I will tell you..it was atrocious. It looked like sausage but it was on a roll. The taste stayed with me for a week. Maybe it was that andouillette...who knows!!
L'epi Dupin which was so highly recommended, was very upsetting. It was our first night in Paris too. To explain...we were seated in a small outside veranda. There were three other TINY tables all jammed together. I do mean TINY. No tablecloth.
I had to change seats with my husband as a screen/shade ?? was there and the air was blowing on me. In doing that, I scratched my arm on something. Blood! I should have been forewarned.
The waiter just pushed the menu and the food on us and I will tell you it's the only place in France where I was rushed. The food?..my husband's meal was ok..my scallops were not. I hated the whole night.
The second worst meal..if you can call it that...we were at a market in Gordes and I got hungry. A vendor had a booth set up and was grilling things. I chose something (what was it?)..that everyone else seemed to be eating. I will tell you..it was atrocious. It looked like sausage but it was on a roll. The taste stayed with me for a week. Maybe it was that andouillette...who knows!!
Nov 19th, 2005, 04:23 AM
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Gee,
I'm a bit surprised by the remarks re the Vagenende.
We have been there 3 times in the last 4 years and found the food reasonably good at a moderate price.
Sorry you folks had bad experiences.
I'm a bit surprised by the remarks re the Vagenende.
We have been there 3 times in the last 4 years and found the food reasonably good at a moderate price.
Sorry you folks had bad experiences.
Nov 19th, 2005, 05:21 AM
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Ha! Maybe a little out of date but interesting. George Orwell's, Down and Out in Paris & London. Recommended to be read before dining in any Paris restaurant.
A USA paperback..Never Eat Out on Saturday!
If you are brave, ask to view the kitchen. 2nd best, ask to use the washroom/toilet. 3rd, if you are buying/ordering a meat dish, ask to see it before it is cooked.
A USA paperback..Never Eat Out on Saturday!
If you are brave, ask to view the kitchen. 2nd best, ask to use the washroom/toilet. 3rd, if you are buying/ordering a meat dish, ask to see it before it is cooked.
Nov 19th, 2005, 01:39 PM
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Andouillete is usually terrible, but I've had it twice when it was very good. Once in Troyes at Le Bistroquet which won a prize for the best andouillete à la mode de Troyes, and as an amuse bouche at La Tupina in Bordeaux. Nonetheless, if you have no familiarity with such cuts (heart, kidneys, tripe, brains, sweetbreads), I urge you not to bother ordering andouillette even in recommended restaurants. Tripe can be mild, as it is in the Romanian national soup--never had a bad one, although one waiter was reluctant to accept the order.
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