Café au lait, s’il vous plaît – Paris
There are lots of things the French are very good at – baguettes, wine, cheese, not getting fat off baguettes wine & cheese, affairs, well behaved dogs and going on strike, to name...
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Restaurant Akrame – Paris
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a Parisian apartment must be in want of visitors. Indeed I was misguided to ever think that I would be...
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L’AOC – Paris
“Believe me Mum, this chicken is worth the wait” I insisted as Yummy Mummy and I hopped on the back of the enormous line for lunch at Yves Camdeborde’s brasserie Le Comptoir du...
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One Night in Paris – Paris
There are some words in French that I really like, for example the word ‘hebdomadaire’ (weekly) which rolls off the tongue with an authoritative ring, and then there is the almost onomatopoeic ‘piquant’ (spicy)...
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L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Paris
Little brother Burrata Obama and long time lover Linguine Lohan arrived in Paris last week. Having had a bad experience here two years ago (they ordered pasta at a restaurant, got caught in...
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Le Baratin – Paris
A close friend of mine – an annoyingly clever, fluent Russian speaking friend who I can never beat in scrabble – lets call him Leon Troutsky, recently asked for a restaurant recommendation for...
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Spring – Paris
Spring has sprung in Paris, the sun is out, the blossoms are in bloom, women are sunbaking by the Seine and Dolly Tatin, the fair-weather vegetarian, has returned after a brief sojourn in the...
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The Taming of the Choux – Paris
When quitting a hard earned, well paid job in the corporate sector after 7 years of study, a good back up plan is always advisable, and my colleagues and friends all agreed that...
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Le Moustache – Paris
Looks-wise my sister Sienna Millet and I are like two peas in a pod, however when it comes to our eating habits, we are more like chalk and cheese (me, obviously, being the...
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