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  • Our evening at L'Arpege was elegant, beautiful and surprising from start to finish. There were some lovely highs and some dishes that missed their lofty marks which were luckily only minor distractions and not able to derail the lovely experience.

    Paris Trip Part IV: Dinner at L’Arpege

    Posted on 2010.05.27 | 1 Comment
    Our evening at L'Arpege was elegant, beautiful and surprising from start to finish. There were some lovely highs and some dishes that missed their lofty marks which were luckily only minor distractions and not able to derail the lovely experience.

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  • Monday night, after spending the day scouring Paris 6 for goodies and the afternoon napping and recovering, we headed to La Table for dinner. Never having eaten at a Joël Robuchon restaurant before, we didn't have much to go on for what to expect other than his appearance on Top Chef this past season (you may recall the episode where poor Kevin had the privilege of sitting with a whole table of people speaking French that later became the "what Kevin hears" segment?). Well that and the fact that I had heard about the small plates at L'Atelier.

    Paris Trip Part III: Dinner at La Table de Joël Robuchon

    Posted on 2010.05.26 | 3 Comments
    Monday night, after spending the day scouring Paris 6 for goodies and the afternoon napping and recovering, we headed to La Table for dinner. Never having eaten at a Joël Robuchon restaurant before, we didn't have much to go on for what to expect other than his appearance on Top Chef this past season (you may recall the episode where poor Kevin had the privilege of sitting with a whole table of people speaking French that later became the "what Kevin hears" segment?). Well that and the fact that I had heard about the small plates at L'Atelier.

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