When you are in the Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris you feel like you are in his home. Guy Savoy is not only one of the best chefs in the world (3 Michelin stars) but is very nice and warm in person as well. Even during lunchtime, he is there…

Thai or Japanese fusion restaurants are quite in fashion these days- one could name dozens of them on both coasts of the Atlantic. Unless you are in Thailand though, really authentic Thai restaurants are not that common. Le Banyan (24, place Etienne Pernet, 75015, tel 01 40 60 09 31)…

Pierre Herme macaroons would definitely be on the top of “must eat before you die” list if such list existed. These pieces of art are as light as snowflakes, melting in your mouth and have the most innovative and amazing flavours. Apart of their classical flavours macaroons such as “salted…

I already spoke in my previous post how I love Indian cuisine. And the discovery of Ratn (9 Rue de la Tremoille, 75008, tel. O1 40 70 10 09 ), an ” haute gastronomie” Indian just steps from Champs-Elysees was a nice discovery. It’s a brand new Indian restaurant opened…

Jean- Michel Lorain, the renown chef of La Côte Saint Jacques, is not only one of the best chefs in the world but a smart businessman as well. Apart from his 3 stars Michelin restaurant, his other businesses, the Relais and Châteaux hotel as well the culinary school are flourishing.…

Let’s agree on the fact that Paris is not very “strong” for Japanese and sushi restaurants. There are little “real Japanese” places and if there are some, it seems that they are “frozen” in the 70s or 80s different from London or New York where there are many modern sushi…

The L’Auberge Bretonne chef Jacques Thorel is known for not caring so much for fancy menus, but “going straight to action”. Apart from his 2 Michelin stars, J.Thorel has 19 out of 20, a top review by Gault Millau, one of the most influential restaurants’ guide in France which obviously…

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Paris – a real celebration of summer! (And the celebration of the very very soon opening in NYC, in Four Seasons Hotel :))

This French culinary temple is located in a remote city with little interest, so only true Michel Troisgros (3 stars Michelin of course!) cooking worshipers will find the restaurant. Michel Troisgros, the third generation of the legendary Troisgros chefs’ family, is a real artist who creates and invents the third-millennium…

The restaurant of the hotel Le Mas des Herbes Blanches was a great surprise as the cooking was very daring and delicious. The chef, who succeeds to marry such different products as oysters and cold beef is worth the second Michelin star! The images of the starters which were very…