Wengenlover

We are heading to Paris in less than a week.... We are staying in the 7th - La Tour Maubourg - and have a list of nearby places to eat at courtesy of other Fodors threads.

Was wondering what your favorite foods / dishes are when in Paris and where you most enjoy them..

Merci once again.

CanadianRNinDublin

nutella crepes!
and pain au chocolat

if you're in the 7th, there's a great place called 'la ronde' on Rue Cler that sells great pastries - they were always still warm when we went in the mornings!

grandmere

Macarons at Laduree (one location in on rue Bonaparte, in the 6th); my favorites are caramel fleur de sel and pistache.

Hot chocolate and le Mont Blanc at Angelina, rue du Rivoli.

Have fun!

adrienne

Cassoulet and tarte tatin with creme fraiche.

adrienne

Forgot to post the restaurant - La table du perigord in the 6th.

Michel_Paris

And as a start to the day, a café crème. To complement, I found one Patisserie that had an almond paste pain aux chocolat, so I remain on the lookout for that, but a regular one will do fine also!

I also like Croque Monsieurs at lunch. And for dinner, I enjoy terrines, and order it whenever on the menu.

Nikki

Duck confit, foie gras, pain au chocolat, cheese from the many cheese stores and street markets, oysters, pates and terrines of all kinds, pastries, especially fruit tartes, from the bakeries.

autier17

Poulet de Bresse: any bistro

Bread, especially a proper baguette from La Fournee de Augustine in the 14th.

Cheese, especially raw milk cheeses

Foie gras at L'Ambroisie

Plateau Fruits de Mers at Au Pied du Cochon

NeoPatrick

What I can't get at restaurants at home (or rarely can):

foie gras
any dish with rabbit
a great cheese course
escargot
rare duck breast
cassoulet

croque monsieur (anyone who calls that a grilled cheese sandwich should be guillotined)

oysters (seems everyone here has dropped them due to legal complications) and especially served with mignonette sauce (?) not cocktail sauce!

Guenmai

Poilane anything...bread, apple tarts, etc.. Happy Travels!

likeswords

Rotisserie chicken and the potatoes that cooked under it, available outside various shops; paella and sausages from the street market on Sundays near the Bastille; fresh vegetables and fruit from almost any shop but particularly from the market at Anvers on Friday evenings (they close by 7, so be aware). Thanks for the occasion to remember . . .

kerouac

Before you buy a rotisserie chicken, never forget that in my neighborhood (rue l'Olive in the 18th) the price is 2 roasted chickens for 8 euros.

Anything else is highway robbery.

Underhill

moules frites: most bistros

wood mushrooms sautéed with garlic and olive oil: Au Petit Marguery

tagliatelli bolognaise: Vesuvius

croissants: Boulangerie Paul

lemon tart: wherever I can find one!

AJPeabody

Barquette au marrons (pastry)
Opera (pastry)
Choucroute garni
Citron presse'
Rognons de veau
Frommage blanc avec fruits rouges
A lamb couscous/tagine with preserved lemons and olives
Jambon cru
Camambert lait cru
Pain Poilane
Pate de fruit and truffles and chocolate almonds from Maison de Chocolat

AJPeabody

Barquette au marrons (pastry)
Opera (pastry)
Choucroute garni
Citron presse'
Rognons de veau
Frommage blanc avec fruits rouges
A lamb couscous/tagine with preserved lemons and olives
Jambon cru
Camenbert lait cru
Pain Poilane
Pate de fruit and truffles and chocolate almonds from Maison de Chocolat

Iregeo

A palmier, as big as my head, from any bakery, eaten once a day, every day, while walking in the street, with buttery crumbs dripping down the front of my shirt.

ninasdream

pate and pate de campagne( country style, mosre rustic), foie gras, terrines- go to a local street market & get a variety of cheese. Roast chicken with haricot verts ( skinny green beans) & baby peas. Find a local bistro that cooks the game of the season. Definitely rotisserie chicken from street markets, and strawberries! My fave market was Mouffetard.Pastries- you've heard of pub crawls? We did the patisserie crawl! Find what you like. And the bread, of course. Enjoy.

ninasdream

Wenegnlover- have you left yet? I was looking for something from a I came across a card from my fave cheese shop in the Mouffetard Market, O' petit affineur. The proprietress was kind and helpful. It is a permanent storefront a short distance from the first fruit & veg stands. Bon voyage!

jamesacarroll

There are two places to eat in the Musee du Orsay. One is the cafe you mentioned upstairs that has the marvelous clock windows you can see Sacre Coeur, the Louvre, and the Seine through. There is a terrace there that is one of the best seats for lunch or coffee in Paris, if it is open.

But there is another restaurant not so obvious or easy to find but it is above the entrance. This is a grand gallery with a mirrored wall on one side, a painted ceiling to rival any in the Louvre, plants as dividers, it also has a terrace that in good weather looks over the Seine as well. This is a sit down place and the food is good and reasonably priced. It is nearly like eating in the hall of Mirrors in Versailles, or in a Gallery in the Louvre. The desserts are great as well.

Which brings me to hot chocolate, I will be sure to look up Laduree next time I am in Paris,thank you for the tip, but if you get back sometime right across from the Tuileries just down from the Louvre is a Paris landmark Tea/Patisserie called Angelina's. The place itself is a fine old (1903) belle epoch cafe with gilded mirrors adorning the walls, lovely tablecloths and a take out counter of confections. It has a wonderful elegance associated with affluent matrons and famous people. Audrey Hepburn and Coco Chanel were frequent guests. It is world renowned for it's hot chocolate and justly so. But here is the secret, after about 1pm they also make a White Hot Chocolate, that I have never had anywhere else in the world.

Try it even if you don't favor white chocolate it is an indescribable taste of pure pleasure. Unique in the world. And I am not a food guy.
The pastries can disappoint if you are used to great French pastries. But it is worth a visit for either kinds of hot chocolate.

If you like pastries then be sure to visit one of the many 'Masion du Chocolate' stores around Paris. They are of course known for their chocolate and put your choices in the box wearing white gloves. Some of the best chocolate anywhere. But look around and you will see the single best Chocolate Eclair I have had in my life. I like to take them to a park and eat them there.

a1139a

There's a great fromagerie at Place Maubert that will package your purchases for the flight home. Another poster mentioned rognon de veau--something my husband ordered by mistake during a business lunch. He was very distressed when he realized he would have to eat them (kidneys) so as not to offend his host. He is usually very adventurous and has eaten lots of unknown items in China, but the kidneys did him in.

As for me, pate, foie gras, terrine...pain au chocolat...sancerre...it's endless.

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