Le Hide - Koba's Bistro

10, rue du Général Lanrezac- 75017 PARIS
Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 74 15 81
Service until 10.30 p.m. – Closed at Saturday lunchtime and on Sundays
Valet parking

Starter, main course or dessert: €22 – Set menu: €29

The venue is modest and not much to look at. Why does it attract tourists sent by hotel managers, who can praise the place with no worries? The neighbours have sniffed out the bargain without asking too many questions. Before setting up in the Etoile area, Hide Kobayashi worked together with Vigato, Bouchet and Robuchon. He then served delicious meals to Londoners, New Yorkers and the Japanese. Now, it’s a surprise. Tartines d’escargots “version française” French-style slices of bread and snails): crafty. Grosse asperges vinaigrette fleur de sel de Guérande (large asparagus with Guérande salt vinaigrette sauce): cooked from the heart. Saucisson de Lyon vinaigrette à la moutarde (Lyon sausages with mustard vinaigrette sauce): rustic and perfect. Escalope de fois gras poêlé sur salade de haricots verts (fried foie gras escalope with a green bean salad): melts in the mouth. Sauté de rognons de veau à la moutarde (sauté of veal kidneys coated in mustard): homely and gourmet. Fried 350g. beef steak and crushed potatoes: a whole cut for a €2 surcharge ... There are reasons to be overjoyed. The desserts are delightful but this goes without saying. Traditional bitter chocolate cake, upside-down apple tart, simple île flottante. The wine list is short: Pomerol or Graves almost at cost price. So where is the flaw? There isn’t one. The quality is impeccable, the chef really knows what he’s doing, the pleasure is in the food. We pay to have these addresses but be generous. It is guaranteed that you will fall in love with this restaurant, whose manager most certainly no longer earns anything but gains a few more friends every day.

Pharamond

24, rue de la Grande Trunaderie – 75001 PARIS
Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 28 45 18 – Fax: +33 (0)1 40 28 45 87
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Service until 11.00 p.m.

A la carte - €50 - €70

This restaurant, classified as a historical monument, a temple for tripes à la mode de Caen and other giblets, bowed out for several years. Sylvain Labarbier, a former chef at l’Ami Louis, led to the rise of the phoenix from its ashes and its renewed success. This décor like a scene from a pre-war film, with its velvet seats, brass and patera, is a dream for collectors and nostalgic customers. Large snails from Burgundy, stuffed mussels or red tuna tartar set the tone. Beef or chicken from Bresse are true testaments in praise of Pantagruel, the tripes à la mode de Caen are a classic, the grilled andouillette chitterling sausage is delectable, the quality of the products is obvious and the service is worthy of the most respectable bourgeois homes. The crème brûlée or bananas flambé are also very tasty. The wine list includes bottles which would turn a wine merchant pale... Abundance takes its full meaning and guests leave with something to remember of this unforgettable place with its history of real Paris.