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noon-3.30pm & 6.30-10.30pm Sun-Thu, noon-3.30pm & 6.30-11.30pm Fri & Sat;
École Militaire or
RER Port de l'Alma)
Christian Constant's chic concept space is devoted to
cocottes
(casseroles), with a buoyant
crowd feasting on inventive seasonal creations cooked to perfection in little black-enamel,
oven-to-table
cocottes
(casserole dishes). Seating is on bar stools around high tables and
there are no reservations: arrive by noon or 7.15pm.
If the queue's out the door, nip a couple of doors down for a drink at
Café Constant
(
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
;
www.maisonconstant.com
;
139 rue Ste-Dominique, 7e; mains €16-24;
kit-
École Militaire or RER Port de l'Alma)
.
chen noon-3pm & 7-11pm;
TRADITIONAL FRENCH
BRASSERIE THOUMIEUX
€21-45; noon-midnight; La Tour Maubourg)
Founded in 1923, Thoumieux has been worshipped by generations of diners ever since for
its menu of duck, veal and snails and its smooth-as-silk service. It's now run by Thierry
Costes and multi-award-winning chef Jean-François Piège, who has his twin-Michelin-
starred restaurant upstairs, adjacent to the boutique Hôtel Thoumieux (doubles from €200).
GASTRONOMIC
RESTAURANT DAVID TOUTAIN
€42, lunch & dinner menus €68-98; noon-2.30pm & 8-10pm Mon-Fri; Invalides)
Prepare to be wowed: David Toutain pushes the envelope at his eponymous new restaurant
with some of the most creative high-end cooking in Paris today. Mystery degustation
courses include unlikely combinations such as smoked eel in green-apple and black-sesame
mousse, or candied celery and truffled rice pudding with artichoke praline (stunning wine
pairings available).
The best seats in the Scandinavian-style mint-green, muted-blue and burnt-orange dining
room with blond-wood tables and textured walls are on the mezzanine, though once the food
arrives, you won't be thinking about anything else.
TRADITIONAL FRENCH
CHEZ FRANÇOISE
3-course menus from €28/33, oysters per half-dozen €15.50-29;
noon-3pm & 7pm-midnight;
In-
valides)
