Paris - 3 star restaurant & vegetarian?

In article ,
(Kathleen) wrote:

We've eaten in rather high end (and high price) restaurants in many
cities,
including NY, London and Rome, that could cook a memorable meal for a
vegetarian, and are hoping there is something similar in Paris.

In general...

As TMO said earlier in the thread, a really good restaurant should be
happy to cook you anything within reason, on the menu or not (subject to
availability of any ridiculously obscure ingredients, of course).

I would have thought the best advice to the OP (which may be you with a
different email non-address?) would be to pick a few places that are
well-reviewed, convenient, bearing the desired number of Michelin stars
etc., and phone around - perhaps the day before - to ask if the chef could
create a veggie three- or four- or five- or whatever-course meal for you.

Some might decline but I'd be surprised if you didn't get some kitchens
delighted to rise to the challenge. It might be best to pick one of the
less busy early-week evenings, of course.

On Paris specifically...

My not-too-aged DK Paris guide recommends a few places with vegetarian
specialities, the most upscale of which seem to be Yugaraj at 14 Rue
Dauphine ("considered by many to be the best Indian restaurant in Paris")
and Miravile at 72 Quai de l'Hotel de Ville ("young chef Gilles
Epie's...cuisine continues to be inventive and exciting").

A bit further out it also speaks highly of Pavillon Puebla, Rue Botzaris,
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont ("elegant, floral building built under Napoleon
III...flavourful cuisine with a Catalan influence").

I shouldn't think any of these are ***, though, and I'm afraid I've been
to none of them - when in Paris I'm usually working and lucky to grab an
11pm bite!

It will be interesting to hear how you get on, so do report back
post-trip.

I shouldn't think any of these are ***, though, and I'm afraid I've
been to none of them - when in Paris I'm usually working and lucky to
grab an 11pm bite!

It will be interesting to hear how you get on, so do report back
post-trip.


I suspect that any place with *** (and there are not many of such
cathedrals of cuisine) would feel a bit insulted by such a request and
reject it out of hand unless it came indirectly and accompanied by the
promise of great largesse.

The problem with assaying a vegetarian (inc. dairy) multi-course grand
collation of the sort turned out by *** joints is that after eggplant,
artichokes and asparagus , there's simply not enough in the larder to
create even a modest imitation of "real" *** cooking until dessert. Why
spend that much with such modest return, when a visit to a first class but
unstarred Indian veg restaurant would bring far better results? I must
admit to only a couple of exposures, 1 accidental, to *** dining, but
clearly recall that the vegetables involved served as little more than
colorful and flavorful garniture.

On the other hand, I'm looking forward to some bread and vegetable based
soups in Tuscany in a couple of weeks, no *** or likely even *, but
vegetables for an eater of vast quantities of bloody meats.

TMO

In article ,
(Olivers) wrote:



I shouldn't think any of these are ***, though, and I'm afraid I've
been to none of them - when in Paris I'm usually working and lucky to
grab an 11pm bite!

It will be interesting to hear how you get on, so do report back
post-trip.


I suspect that any place with *** (and there are not many of such
cathedrals of cuisine) would feel a bit insulted by such a request and
reject it out of hand unless it came indirectly and accompanied by the
promise of great largesse.

I've never tried it (though I know a * chef -- a lesser breed in
Michelinland, admittedly -- who would happily oblige and even opened the
restaurant for us on a closed night!).

However, I really doubt largesse would be a factor (unless you're talking
about ridiculous amounts affordable only by billionaire princesses). The
chef's amenability to the proposition, not to mention the chances of
getting the concept conveyed to the chef by the front-desk staff in the
first place, would be far more important, I suspect.

I do acknowledge that going to a table and *then* demanding something
entirely off-menu might get short shrift (though, as I suggested, IMHO
it's a sign of a really *good* restaurant that they'll oblige). Asking in
advance...well, who knows. The worst they can do is say "no" and if they
say "yes" I'm sure they'll try hard to make everything work out.

The problem with assaying a vegetarian (inc. dairy) multi-course grand
collation of the sort turned out by *** joints is that after eggplant,
artichokes and asparagus , there's simply not enough in the larder to
create even a modest imitation of "real" *** cooking until dessert.
Why spend that much with such modest return, when a visit to a first
class but unstarred Indian veg restaurant would bring far better
results?

Oh, I agree personally. But the OP was asking about *** dining.

I must admit to only a couple of exposures, 1 accidental, to
*** dining, but clearly recall that the vegetables involved served as
little more than colorful and flavorful garniture.

Doubtless; but you hadn't asked them for a vegetarian meal, had you?!

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In article ,
(Kathleen) wrote:

We've eaten in rather high end (and high price) restaurants in many
cities,
including NY, London and Rome, that could cook a memorable meal for a
vegetarian, and are hoping there is something similar in Paris.

In general...

As TMO said earlier in the thread, a really good restaurant should be
happy to cook you anything within reason, on the menu or not (subject to
availability of any ridiculously obscure ingredients, of course).

I would have thought the best advice to the OP (which may be you with a
different email non-address?) would be to pick a few places that are
well-reviewed, convenient, bearing the desired number of Michelin stars
etc., and phone around - perhaps the day before - to ask if the chef could
create a veggie three- or four- or five- or whatever-course meal for you.

Some might decline but I'd be surprised if you didn't get some kitchens
delighted to rise to the challenge. It might be best to pick one of the
less busy early-week evenings, of course.

On Paris specifically...

My not-too-aged DK Paris guide recommends a few places with vegetarian
specialities, the most upscale of which seem to be Yugaraj at 14 Rue
Dauphine ("considered by many to be the best Indian restaurant in Paris")
and Miravile at 72 Quai de l'Hotel de Ville ("young chef Gilles
Epie's...cuisine continues to be inventive and exciting").

A bit further out it also speaks highly of Pavillon Puebla, Rue Botzaris,
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont ("elegant, floral building built under Napoleon
III...flavourful cuisine with a Catalan influence").

I shouldn't think any of these are ***, though, and I'm afraid I've been
to none of them - when in Paris I'm usually working and lucky to grab an
11pm bite!

It will be interesting to hear how you get on, so do report back
post-trip.


L'Arpege is a 3 Michelin star restaurant that also specialises in
vegetarian food. 84, rue de Varenne, Paris 75007. Phone (0011 33 1)
4705 0906 http://www.alain-passard.com/

Here's a review:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...631625072.html

(MrFalafel) wrote in
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L'Arpege is a 3 Michelin star restaurant that also specialises in
vegetarian food. 84, rue de Varenne, Paris 75007. Phone (0011 33 1)
4705 0906 http://www.alain-passard.com/

Here's a review:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...631625072.html


Thank you I rembered treading about this and couldn't remember the chef.