Happy Plates

• After two trips to Candelaria in one week, Camille reports on the “best tacos this side of Juarez,” the excellent corn tostada, and the promise of pastor in the very near future. She managed to remember these details after a visit to the semi-hidden cocktail bar in the back, where she indulged in the “dangerously drinkable” Guêpe Verte before doing tequila body shots on the bar*. [Croque Camille] For a more detailed behind-the-scenes look at Candelaria from the fella who designed the bar and a lot of its furniture, check out Adrian Rubi-Dentzel’s post at Trail of Crumbs.

• Talbott tries out Kei and, while he finds some of Kobayashi’s dishes to be overly ethereal and over his head, he raves about the crispy-skinned sea bass with truffled salsify and the veal with baby spinach and 1/2 of a single Noirmoutier potato. He says he’ll be back (for the other tater half?) [John Talbott's Paris]