Posts Tagged ‘Maubert’

Les Pâtes vivantes — Paris, Maubert

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

A fairly authentic Chinese noodles restaurant in the Latin Quarter of Paris.

22 Boulevard Saint-Germain

75005 Paris

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The noodles are home made and the room where the chef makes the noodles is open to the main room (through a glass). They also have other dishes (haven’t tried them, though) but they specialty is obviously noodles, sautéed like these with vegetables and beef, 12 euros (see the small beer bottle and glass around the plate for scale — pretty substantial):

or the same with vegetables and chicken, 11 euros:

or in a spicy soup, 9.50 euros (again look at the glass for scale — that’s a large bowl!):

I wouldn’t say these are my absolute favorite Chinese dishes but as far as noodles are concerned I wouldn’t know better in Paris, especially with home made noodles. Safe choice!

Update: some more dishes from the same restaurant.

Le Pré Verre — Paris, Maubert

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

This is my favorite French restaurant in Paris (Latin district).

8 rue Thénard

75005 Paris

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The guys there always have very original ideas of mixing ingredients together in an unexpected way. I promise you will be surprised.

They have a rotation of dishes that they keep inventing so you won’t find the same dishes if you go there again a couple of weeks later. That also means that you only have ~5 or 6 dishes to choose from at any given time (plus 5 entrées and 5 desserts), but I can guarantee you that you will want to try each and every one of them just by reading their name.

If you go there for lunch, they have a menu for 13.50 euros where you don’t get to choose anything (but, again, it changes all the time) with an entrée, a main course, a glass of wine and a coffee (they also have red wines).

For dinner or for lunch, the full menu is 28.50 euros for entrée, main course and dessert.

I keep going there again and again so here are a few examples:

Raspberry soup:

Baby pork:

Carrot and cumin soup:

Turkey and polenta (forgot what the orange spice was):

Half-cooked tuna:

Beef with smoked purée (yes, smoked mashed potatoes, divine!):

Beef with beetroot sauce:

Pork with tagliatelles:

Now a few desserts.

Blackcurrant mousse:

Dessert with chocolate and sesame:

Cooked banana with mango ice cream:

Some other kind of ice cream and rhubarb:

And something that I completely forgot:

Enjoy!