And do not forget the recent Australian movie 'Moulin Rouge' with Nicole
Kidman and John Broadbent (who does what some consider a classic
rendition of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin').
--
wf.

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
    >
    > Mxsmanic wrote:
    >
    > > randee writes:
    > >
    > >
    > >>Oddly enough I notice that neither of Paris' two most famous Cafe's were
    > >>mentioned - Cafe Momus and Moulin Rouge.......
    > >
    > >
    > > The Moulin Rouge is not a café. I don't recall hearing of Café Momus.
    >
    > You've never attened the opera "La Boheme"?
    >
    > >

On 19/02/05 22:24, in article [email protected],
"jcoulter" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > randee <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
    >
    >> The travel section in the Albuquerque paper recently had an article with
    >> restaurant suggestions for those doing 'April in Paris'. The article
    >> was probably syndicated by the United Press or Associated Press. The
    >> recommendations were:
    >> Le Parc a Hultres
    >> Le Clos Des Gourmets
    >> L'Espadon Bleu
    >> 1728
    >> Taillevent
    >> Les Artes
    >>
    >> As some friends of our will, in fact, be doing 'April in Paris', I would
    >> be interested in comments on these places.
    >>
    >> Oddly enough I notice that neither of Paris' two most famous Cafe's were
    >> mentioned - Cafe Momus and Moulin Rouge.......
    >
    > To be quite honest I have not heard of Momus (well google finds one in
    > akron and copenhagen) and Moulin Rouge is hardly a cafe or restaurant.
    >
    > Taillevent will set you back a bundle and is a destination unto itself. Be
    > prepared for a long presentation and do not rush.
    >
    > If you wish realistic reccomendations it would help to know if your friends
    > enjoy 3 star (Michelin) service and food or if they would be happy with a
    > nice bistro. Quality food is not hard to find in Paris, but quality for a
    > good price may be!

Right. Paris restaurants can roughly be classed pricewise, 50, 100, 150 and
200+ euros a person, star or no Michelin star. Taillevent will be in the
region of 200+. L'Espadon Bleu, in the 6th is a couple of notches down
pricewise, in the 50 euro class. My own experience with multi-starred
restaurants is that I feel more comfortable eating in one in the provinces
than Paris. Moreover after 30 years of living here I found more pleasure
in a lower or middle level place than eating higher off the hog. Finally,
if one starts into eating at high level places, do a lot of it. It takes
a period of self-education to appreciate top level cuisine. It might
be a general experience when eating at the same great place, one only finds
one really likes the cuisine at that place 50% of the time. Some days
the palate is ready, the ambiance is great and the food is a dream.
Other days it is "blah".

Earl

On 19/02/05 23:49, in article [email protected], "Dave Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > It is probably because they were talking about good places to eat. Moulin
    > Rouge is a dinner theatre. While their food may be relatively good for a
    > place of that sort, it hardly compares with fine dining.
    >

I have never eaten there, took relatives to the Lido several times. Their
food was indifferent, by Parisian standards. That same can be said for
meal on the bateau mouche, sailing up and down the Seine at night.
We did that on our first visit to Paris. OK, a bit romantic. As for dinning
at a tourist spot, the Eiffel tower's restaurant, the Jules Verne, has a *.
For those on a short visit, a lunch there allows you to see the city
and have a good meal. Lunches are usually cheaper than dinners, they will
offer a prix fixe menu. But Paris is prettier at night than during the day
with the lights on. During the day one sees all the warts of the city,
the zinc topped sea of roofs.

Earl

Lol are you a millionnaire ?
and whats Momus???

"randee" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > The travel section in the Albuquerque paper recently had an article with
    > restaurant suggestions for those doing 'April in Paris'. The article
    > was probably syndicated by the United Press or Associated Press. The
    > recommendations were:
    > Le Parc a Hultres
    > Le Clos Des Gourmets
    > L'Espadon Bleu
    > 1728
    > Taillevent
    > Les Artes
    > As some friends of our will, in fact, be doing 'April in Paris', I would
    > be interested in comments on these places.
    > Oddly enough I notice that neither of Paris' two most famous Cafe's were
    > mentioned - Cafe Momus and Moulin Rouge.......
    > --
    > wf.

randee a écrit :
    > The travel section in the Albuquerque paper recently had an article with
    > restaurant suggestions for those doing 'April in Paris'. The article
    > was probably syndicated by the United Press or Associated Press. The
    > recommendations were:
    > Le Parc a Hultres
    > Le Clos Des Gourmets
    > L'Espadon Bleu
    > 1728
    > Taillevent
    > Les Artes
    >
    > As some friends of our will, in fact, be doing 'April in Paris', I would
    > be interested in comments on these places.
    >
    > Oddly enough I notice that neither of Paris' two most famous Cafe's were
    > mentioned - Cafe Momus and Moulin Rouge.......

If they are not really that rich, consider some honest smaller
traditional restaurant, for example :
Au Petit Riche 01 47 70 68 68
Cuisine traditionnelle.
Spécialités de Loire et bancs d'huîtres.
Décor authentique 1880.
http://www.aupetitriche.com/site.php
Diner Au Petit Riche 22.50 €
Petit Riche fixed-price menu

Soupe de poissons maison et sa garniture
Home made fish soup
ou
Salade de lentilles du Berry “Label Rouge�
Cold « red label quality » lentil salad from the Berry region
ou
6 huîtres papillons
6 “papillon� oysters

***
Filet de saumon Ecossais grillé àl'oseille
Grilled fillet of scottish salomn with sorrel sauce
ou
Andouillette grillée AAAAA
Grilled chitterling (tripe) sausage of the highest quality
ou
Pavé de rumsteack grillé, sauce béarnaise
Grilled rump steak with “béarnaise� sauce

***
Faisselle de fromage blanc
Creamy mild cheese
ou
Pruneaux au vin de Bourgueil
Prunes lightly stewed in sugar and marinated in red wine
Glaces ou sorbets
Ice creams or Sorbets
Tarte aux poires Bourdaloue
Pear and almond tart


Diner Tradition 28.50 €
Traditional fixed-price menu

6 Huitres Fines de Claires n°4
6 “Fines de Claires� oysters number 4
ou
Saumon frais Ecossais mariné àl'aneth
Fresh marinated scottish salmon with dill
ou
Terrine de campagne au vin de Vouvray
Country pâté with Vouvray wine

***
Tête de veau dans la tradition sauce ravigote
Calf’s tongue, brains, snout & cheeks with caper and herb vinaigrette
ou
Mijoté de joues de cochon au vin de Bourgueil
Stewed pig jowls with red wine sauce
ou
Haddock poché àl’anglaise, beurre blanc
Fillet of poached haddock in white butter sauce

***
Dessert au choix
Choice of dessert

jcoulter <[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1108848650.272092.151560
    >@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

    >two of my favorite places (odd as they may seem) are
    >Pizza Roma somewhat of a hole in the wall but good food on the Rue des
    >Ecoles in the 6th (great eggplant parmigian baked in the oven the way it
    >never is in the US)
--------
That Pizza Roma place - do you have a more specific address ?


Kristian

On 20/02/05 12:27, in article
[email protected] .dk, "Kristian"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > jcoulter <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> "Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1108848650.272092.151560
    >> @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
    >
    >> two of my favorite places (odd as they may seem) are
    >> Pizza Roma somewhat of a hole in the wall but good food on the Rue des
    >> Ecoles in the 6th (great eggplant parmigian baked in the oven the way it
    >> never is in the US)
    > --------
    > That Pizza Roma place - do you have a more specific address ?
    >
    >
    > Kristian


I have vaguely seen it somewhere but Paris "pages jaunes" only gives
a location on the Avenue de Maine.

The rue des Ecoles is not too long, starts at Blvd Saint Michel and
terminates at the Fac about three hundred yards to the East. The two
restaurants I know of are Susan's Place (TEX-MEX) and Balzar's
which is a old style brasserie having classic plates.

Earl

JuanElorza <[email protected]> wrote in news:42186365$0$14700
[email protected]:


    > If they are not really that rich, consider some honest smaller
    > traditional restaurant, for example :
    > Au Petit Riche 01 47 70 68 68
    > Cuisine traditionnelle.
    > Spécialités de Loire et bancs d'huîtres.

Not a bad place mix of tourist and business clientele when I was there,
tables were close together and service a little fast for my standards but
we enjoyed never the less..

Kristian <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected] t2net.dk:


    >>never is in the US)
    > --------
    > That Pizza Roma place - do you have a more specific address ?
It is down hill on the same side of the street as the Hotel Claude Bernard
#43 about half way to the Hotel Familiga #11

jcoulter <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Kristian <[email protected]> wrote in
    >news:[email protected] et2net.dk:
    >>>never is in the US)
    >> --------
    >> That Pizza Roma place - do you have a more specific address ?
    >It is down hill on the same side of the street as the Hotel Claude Bernard
    >#43 about half way to the Hotel Familiga #11

Thanks !
I found it - its at no 27. I used this site, and worked my way up
from no 11:
http://www.wanadoo.fr/bin/frame.cgi?....fr/paris.html

But strange though, as Earl also mentioned, that it did not turn up on
the pagesjaunes.


Kristian

Kristian <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected] t2net.dk:

    > http://www.wanadoo.fr/bin/frame.cgi?...tp%3A//photosv
    > illes.wanadoo.fr/paris.html

What an awesome, if not a little scary site! That is indeed the place.

On 20/02/05 16:56, in article
[email protected] .dk, "Kristian"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > jcoulter <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> Kristian <[email protected]> wrote in
    >> news:[email protected] t2net.dk:
    >>
    >>
    >>>> never is in the US)
    >>> --------
    >>> That Pizza Roma place - do you have a more specific address ?
    >> It is down hill on the same side of the street as the Hotel Claude Bernard
    >> #43 about half way to the Hotel Familiga #11
    >
    > Thanks !
    > I found it - its at no 27. I used this site, and worked my way up
    > from no 11:
    > http://www.wanadoo.fr/bin/frame.cgi?...photosvilles.w
    > anadoo.fr/paris.html
    >
    > But strange though, as Earl also mentioned, that it did not turn up on
    > the pagesjaunes.

It is also not on our printed Pages Jaunes furnished by the France Tele.

MAYBE one has to pay to get listed. Our local restaurant the Sud-Ouest
on Montparnasse, which is not a small place is not listed.

I noticed that our printed Pages Jaunes has the price range of various
places but not all. I guess that they have to pay extra to get that.
It also list the restaurant type.

Earl

randee writes:

    > And do not forget the recent Australian movie 'Moulin Rouge' with Nicole
    > Kidman and John Broadbent (who does what some consider a classic
    > rendition of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin').

Filmed entirely on sound stages in Sydney, Australia (except for a
handful of late photography done in Madrid). You can't get much further
from Paris than that.

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:02:40 -0700, randee <[email protected]> wrote:

    >The travel section in the Albuquerque paper recently had an article with
    >restaurant suggestions for those doing 'April in Paris'. The article
    >was probably syndicated by the United Press or Associated Press. The
    >recommendations were:
    >Le Parc a Hultres
    >Le Clos Des Gourmets
    >L'Espadon Bleu
    >1728
    >Taillevent
    >Les Artes
    >As some friends of our will, in fact, be doing 'April in Paris', I would
    >be interested in comments on these places.
    >Oddly enough I notice that neither of Paris' two most famous Cafe's were
    >mentioned - Cafe Momus and Moulin Rouge.......

I would have thought Maxim's would be as famous....

Viking writes:

    > I would have thought Maxim's would be as famous....

Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago. It's famous with tourists,
and the interior decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute cuisine,
just spectacle.

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