As you might have noticed, it's been a while i haven't wrote a post. In fact so long, that i have started feeling guilty. But what made me really log in to my Typepad account (where i see there are some nice changes in the interface by the way) is the two overrated restaurants I've been recently in Paris.

I wanted to try something typical Alsatian in Antoine Westermann’s Drouant and I got it! I do agree that it is difficult to transform this rustic dish into something gastronomic, but when you pay 28€ for it and the chef has one Michelin star, you expect a little bit more…

After having heard so many positive things about Ze Kitchen Gallery in Paris, my curiosity brought me there also. And what a refreshing lunch it was! It was “refreshing” in many ways- the Thai cuisine influence, outstanding quality of the products and the fact, that what you have on your plate…

Hachis parmentier is as a rustic dish. Mashed potatoes with minced beef baked in the oven (sometimes topped with cheese) make perfect comfort food for cold winter nights. But the hachis parmentier created by Jean Pierre Vigato from Apicius in Paris is not rustic at all. Jean Pierre Vigato redefines…

Last holiday season, Pierre Hermé invented macarons with foie gras. This year the pastry king presents two new macarons – with black truffles and with 25-year-old balsamic vinegar of Modena. What is most surprising though is the price of these small treasures. Each macaron (small size) costs 8 €. I…

I don’t know how about you, the perfect risotto for me is when the rice grains are separate and slightly al dente, it contains very little cheese and cream… And if the risotto is generously sprinkled over with fresh black Périgord truffles its a paradise! You can taste this perfection…

I saw these beauties yesterday in a shop in place de la Madeleine. The price of white Alba truffles this year is crazy!! Maison de la Truffe (19 Place de la Madeleine, 75008)

Christophe Adam of Fauchon continues his “club cake” tradition and this autumn he proposes the classical “forêt noir” cake in a not so classical form. I love this cake so much that last week, despite all the strikes, I went to Fauchon (place de la Madeleine) three times just for…

I guess this is what defines a three Michelin stars restaurant(at least in France)- every single dish in Yannick Alleno’s “palace” restaurant was perfection. Dining in a top restaurant is being a little bit lazy. Usually, there is no place for errors, all you have to do is to sit…

As I expected the dinner in Le Pré Catelan was flawless like last time. The only problem was that the autumn menu didn’t differ that much from the spring menu. Also, the choices in the menu were quite small, so unless you want to eat the same dishes every time,…