The Daily Bite: December 5

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Burger truck! Burger truck!!! I never thought this day would come. Le Camion Qui Fume started smoking this week and will be rolling up next in the Place de la Madeleine tomorrow from 9am to 2:30pm. Check their website/FB/Twitter to keep tabs on their schedule. Phyllis Flick tried them yesterday at Le Point Ephèmere and renders this verdict: “Amazing. Homemade toasted rolls and freshly ground beef made for a particularly juicy burger with just the right amount of fat. I had the blue cheese burger with caramelized onions, bleu d’Auvergne and port wine sauce which was outstanding… These burgers kicked-ass compared to the burgers you normally get in Paris.” [Paris Notebook]

And in other Americana, Patricia Wells is leading an effort to have a plaque installed at 81 rue de l’Université, the Paris apartment where Julia Child once lived and wrote much of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. [Smithsonian]

John Talbott is not wowed by the new chef at Fish. He likes the price (three courses for 26€) and the fact they’re open on a Sunday, but says the food is just a “tad above average”. [John Talbott's Paris]

So where did the old chef go? He (Matthew Ong) and bartender Hayden Clout opened a new place called Albion. They’re open Tues-Sat at 80 rue du Faubourg Poissonniere, 75010.

Adam Wayda continues his campaign to simultaneously deify and pornify poor Jacques Genin. “Every time I bite into one of His éclairs, I feel as though I’m tearing through something Divinely transubstantiated – engaging in a sensual violation of a perfect and holy flesh – rendered in pâte a choux.” Blasphemy has never sounded so delicious. [Paris Pâtisseries]