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Help! La Regalade or Aux Lyonnais?
I'm trying to choose between the two for dinner next Tuesday. I was going to have the prix fixe menu at either location. Right now, Aux Lyonnais is closer to where I'll be at that time, but I'm just as happy to hop on the metro to get to Regalade.
I already have reservations for Josephine the day before and will try to get reservations for CAJ on Saturday nigh (wish me luck). If I can't get a table for CAG on Saturday, is there another place that I should consider?
Looking forward to your advice.
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Excellent. I didn't think about ordering a cheese course. I love cheese and was planning on going to Fromaggerie 31 - (I think I spelled that wrong) for lunch/snack, which I read has a cheese tasting menu. I will probably go for the 3 courses and just end with good cheeses.
Thank you for the tips and ideas!
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I'll add M. Lapin to my list to consider.
General question about prix fixe. Do we both need to order the prix fixe? I'm used to ordering a la carte since I don't really eat dessert. Savory vs. sweet tooth.
My wife will definitely appreciate having dessert included. She would be happy to start and end with dessert.
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I will definitely be back on to report how the "eating" trip went. I may have to increase my food budget. I agree with what you say about restaurants that cater to tourists, and steer away from them. If I wanted to have "food court" food, I can get that at the mall. After attending the festivities for Obama's inauguration, the idea of lots of tourists doesn't scare me so much.
I have been reading the boards and see lots of good things about La Regalade, so I will add that to my list of places to try to visit.
I'm salivating thinking about all the good food that people have recounted in their reports. Counting down the days... only 6 more!
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Le relais de l'isle - I saw it on tripadvisor.com listed as the number 2 restaurant, it had a decent number of good reviews. It will probably have a lot of tourists, but I don't mind tourists, since I'll be one myself! As long as the food is good and the atmosphere is nice, then I'm a happy guy. I don't quite understand why people try to avoid restaurants that have a lot of tourists.
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LOL I saw that other thread a little bit after I posted mine. Its similar and I did look at the recos on there. Thanks for your tips.
@ Francoise, I'll look into Aux Lyonnais. I have been reading about David for the past 2 weeks. That's how I found about Dumonet before I saw it all over the place on chowhound. Good to know that not all places are open for lunch.
From a business perspective, I find it interesting that restaurants are only open for lunch and do not do a turnover or only have one turnover. My mindset has always been to try to maximize profit, thus higher turnover and more tables... I guess its just different in France with a greater emphasis on relaxation and enjoying whats important rather than chasing $.
I will try to make reservations when we arrive, but should I make reservations before we go? I don't speak French so I was a little wary at how well this would work, I was going to try email.
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I'll be travelling to Paris next week for 6 days with my wife. My first, her second time to Paris. She's super excited, she walks around with a big smile on her face saying "paris, paris, paris" with a french accent.
We both love to eat good food and have not qualms with trying new things. We've set our food budget to 80E for the both of us and can spend more but we'd like to stay on budget. We want to be able to buy gifts for family and friends...
We plan on making lunch our big meal of the day and having small snacks for dinner or bread and cheese.
This seems reasonable given some of the recommendations that I've read on the boards here. I'm responsible for picking where we eat, and this is the list of places I'm considering:
Josephine chez Dumonet
Chez L'Ami Jean
Frenchie
Les Cocottes de Christian Constant
Le 24
Le Tute
Le relais d' isle
We're not really wine drinkers but we'll probably have a glass or two with our meals.
I want to have duck confit and foie gras at least once while we're on the trip.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
