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5-course menu €40/50, mains €24-26; noon-2.15pm & 7.15-10.45pm Mon-Sat; Alma Marceau)
Philippe graciously oversees the elegant, parquet-floored, white tableclothed dining room,
while co-owner Jean-Pierre helms the kitchen. Seasonal menus incorporate dishes like cauli-
flower cream soup with mushrooms and truffles, sautéed scallops with leek and Granny
Smith sauce and melt-in-the-middle
moelleux au chocolat
cake. Given the service, quality
and gilt-edged Triangle d'Or location, prices are a veritable bargain.
MODERN FRENCH
MINI PALAIS
€28, mains €22-45; 10am-2am, kitchen to midnight; Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau or Invalides)
Set inside the fabulous Grand Palais, the Mini Palais resembles an artist's studio on a co-
lossal scale, with unvarnished hardwood floors, industrial lights suspended from ceiling
beams and a handful of plaster casts on display. Its sizzling success means that the crowd is
anything but bohemian; dress to impress for a taste of the lauded modern cuisine.
THAI
PAD THAI
01 43 80 20 52;
www.padthai.fr
; 32 rue Brey, 17e;
2-/3-course lunch
menus €14.50/17.50, 3-course dinner menu €20.50, mains €12-20; Ternes)
The eponymous Thai classic
pad thai
(rice noodles stir-fried with prawns, eggs, tamarind,
fish sauce, chillis and palm sugar, garnished with lime and peanuts) is the signature dish of
this local spot. Other artfully presented takes on Thai street food include chicken
massaman
curry and fish with
pla yang
chilli paste.
FRENCH
LE BOUDOIR
lunch menus €30/33 mains €26-30;
12.30-3.30pm Mon-Fri, 7.30-11.30pm Mon-Sat;
St-Philippe
du Roule or Franklin D Roosevelt)
Spread across two floors, the quirky salons - Marie Antoinette, Palme d'Or, le Fumoir - are
individual works of art with a style befitting the name. Expect classy bistro fare (quail
stuffed with dried fruit and foie gras, chateaubriand steak with chestnut purée) prepared by
chef Arnaud Nicolas, a recipient of France's top culinary honour, Meilleur Ouvrier de
France.
GASTRONOMIC
LASSERRE
