Posts tagged L’Arpège
Our Guide to Paris: L’Arpège
Jul 29th
Alain Passard spins turnips into gold at this vegecentric (but not vegetarian) three star restaurant.
Practical information
Address: 84 rue de Varenne, 75007
Nearest transport: Varenne (13)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Saturday
Reservations: Book many weeks in advance
Telephone: 01 47 05 09 06
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Blogger Buzz: The New La Terrasse – Lunch With a View Over Paris
Jul 10th
When the Samaritaine department store closed a few years ago, it was the rooftop café that I missed, not the shopping.
Although the food wasn’t the draw, it was a quiet place to enjoy a bite to eat and sip cool drinks overlooking the river and city.
Thanks to the new Patrick Jouin designed terrace restaurant on the top of Galleries Lafayette – the monumental views of Paris are back with gorgeous food created by former Arpège protégé Fumiko Kono and Master Pâtissier Pierre Hermé.
> Continue reading at The Paris Kitchen
Blogger Buzz: Passard, l’élégance
Aug 30th
Jeudi, à l’heure du déjeuner, j’étais à L’Arpège. Pour la première fois, j’y découvrais la cuisine de fin d’été issue des potagers d’Alain Passard. “Je veux donner au légume son statut de noblesse”, dit le chef. Démonstration en quelques assiettes. L’image ci-dessus n’est pas le premier plat qui me fut servi, mais je l’ai placée en tête de ce post pour illustrer la profusion des couleurs, la palette “bonbons anglais”, l’épanouissement chromatique qui caractérise cette récolte de la plénitude estivale. Jamais la cuisine d’Alain n’a été si belle.
> Continue reading at Chez Ptipois
Blogger Buzz: L’Arpège…I think I get it
Jul 16th
“If you ‘get it’, it will move you…” So said a fellow food blogger in the hours before my visit to l’Arpège.
I am dumb, five hours after setting down the fork, with neither appetite nor words. But I do think, just maybe, that I get it.
I’ll update this later with annotations and some thoughts about the world’s most expensive turnips. But for now, a few images from my first-ever three-star lunch.
> See more photos at Meg Zimbeck
Blogger Buzz: L’Arpège
Jan 13th
I heard a vicious rumour. At dinner recently, an American couple seated at an adjacent table, having engaged a friend and me in conversation, revealed that they used to eat at l’Arpège, but that was before the chef became a vegetarian.
It was a shocking comment. We were aghast.
In hindsight, however, such statements should not have surprised us; Alain Passard and l’Arpège are two of the least widely known and most misunderstood names in Paris. Furthermore, when either’s mention does elicit a glimmer of recognition it is either for the fact that l’Arpège is the city’s (and so a contender for the world’s) most expensive restaurant or verily for Passard’s vegetarianism. Both of which are incorrect.
> Continue reading at Food Snob
Blogger Buzz: S’il n’en reste qu’un à Paris
Jul 4th
See how hard the life of the French food-lover is? Some people mock the Michelin and the self-centerred gastronomic views of the French, but a lifetime is hardly enough to have the full French experience. Not to mention other great foods.
I think all would agree that all three-star restaurants are amazing. Which is why we reviewers try to give a sense of the specificity of the place rather than a blunt listing. There is a restaurant for each mood.
L’Ambroisie, Gagnaire and l’Arpège are generally acknowledged as the three best foods.
> Continue reading at Julot: Ze Blog