Quartier Les Halles

 

 A bicycle stand outside l'Église Saint-Eustache in the Les Halles district.

 

A corner café

Spring is in the air.

Fashion (fooding) week #2

A convivial evening was had by all at this casual Les Halles bistrot, overseen by Alain Ducasse, which I'd written up as part of a "Paris restaurant marathon" piece.
[also posted here Extreme Fooding: Champeaux]

Above: poulet en crapaudine with its silky purée en cocotte (a house specialty); plump fresh codfish atop white Tarbais beans; creamy coquillettes laced with smoky ham and black truffle

Below: after-dinner Cognac is siphoned then deposited into glasses
 

 

 

Champeaux

Forum des Halles La Canopée 75001

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Tomorrow
It's Greek to me

Wall street

A gigantic mural brightens up a corner on rue Étienne Marcel.

A simple lunch

3-course formule in old Les Halles district.

On the chalkboard: tomato-guac mille-feuilles, chiffonade of roast beef with caper-dill mayo and crunchy garlic potatoes, house strawberry tiramisu

 

Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie

34 rue Montmartre 75001

Chef spotting

Dating to 1820, this famed chefs' stop was Julia Child's favorite cookware shop.

E. Dehillerin

20 rue Coquillière 75001

French onion soup

A simple workers' after-market soup that utilizes throwaways (stale bread, cheese, onions) and meat stock, soupe à l'oignon traveled outside the French border to become a gourmet sensation.

Rain or shine

Time out for a café in the old Les Halles quartier on a rainy afternoon.