Posts Tagged ‘Saint-Germain des Pres’

Aloï — Paris, Saint-Germain des Prés

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

There aren’t so many Thai places in the 6th district in Paris! This one is worth a try if you’re around and don’t want to eat Western food (even though the staff actually speaks Chinese, not Thai).

7 rue des Ciseaux

75006 Paris

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The following dishes are from two lunch menus at 12.90 and 13.90 euros (prices will certainly be higher for dinner).

Typical Thai soups with citronella, one fish soup and one chicken soup (also with coconut milk):

Small but tasty! The noodles with beef were a pretty good choice: even though there wasn’t actually much meat in there the sauce made the noodles and bamboo shoots really good:

I would not, on the other hand, recommend the curry fish, rather dry and overwhelmed by white rice (you can also choose sticky rice or Thai rice, though):

All in all, a fair deal in that district of Paris, but I’m not sure this restaurant would be worth mentioning if it were located closer to more Asian restaurants.

Le Pré aux Clercs — Paris, Saint-Germain

Monday, May 12th, 2008

The Saint-Germain des Prés district in Paris is probably one of the most expensive ones, with a few others like the Champs-Élysées. This one is actually a very nice café to have a drink with friends, located near the famous “Ladurée” bakery and serves really good salads.

30 rue Bonaparte

75006 Paris, France

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We had two of these salads, the “Salade Pré aux Clercs” (11.80 euros), with smoked salmon, poached egg, asparagus and pancake-like bread:

and the “Salade Saint-Germain” (11.30 euros) with cold potato, lardons, poached egg, blue cheese:

They’re both really good with great ingredients and sauces (just make sure you like blue cheese if you want the second one!).  Finishing with an expresso (2.80 euros). Definitely not the cheapest place on earth but it’s an OK deal in Saint-Germain, and the salads are really good.

Update: yet another kind of salad with cooked vegetables, avocado, etc.: