Best gastronomy restaurants in Paris
Gastronomy in Paris is still under the influence of Nouvelle Cuisine. Light and delicate dishes are served with an emphasis on presentation. Most gastronomy restaurants in Paris keep Nouvelle Cuisine basic principles. Many add to it the mix of traditions and products from all over the world. The result is called Fusion Food. Paris gastronomy is the winner. Talented and inventive cooks are plenty. Our selection of gastronomy restaurants. Paris restaurant map. Paris restaurants.
Fusion food restaurants
This new approach to gastronomy is best represented by Pierre Gagnaire and William Ledeuil. Their restaurants, Gaya, Ze Kitchen Gallery and KitchenTer(re) are marvels, affordable at lunchtime to many people.
Pierre Gagnaire restaurants
Pierre Gagnaire, one of the most famous French chefs, changed the conventions of French cooking by introducing inventive juxtapositions of flavors, tastes, textures, and ingredients. His main restaurant, Pierre Gagnaire, is a favorite Michelin 3 stars restaurant. Expensive. Go there for lunch. Choose the Menu 6 Balzac at 180 euros.
Paris 75008 France
Paris metro: Charles de Gaulle Etoile, line 1. Map.
Gaya, Pierre Gagnaire's second and more affordable restaurant, focuses on seafood. 69 euros three course set menu at lunchtime.
Paris 75006 France
Paris metro: rue du Bac, line 12. Map.
Pierre Gagnaire serves very inventive cuisine
William Ledeuil restaurants
William Ledeuil is a talented French cook. His fusion food is so tasty you will remember it for ever. His cuisine is derived from his passion for Asia and his respect for French cuisine tradition. The ingredients and the flavors are decisive. He combines them in total freedom, depending on his inspiration.
William Ledeuil runs two restaurants in the left bank, some of the bests in town. Set menu start from 32 (kitchen ter(re)) to 43 euros (ze kitchen gallery) at lunchtime. We are regulars.
Paris 75006 France
Paris 75005 France
ze kitchen galerie serves great fusion food
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Revisited traditional French gastronomy
Relais Louis XIII and La Poule au Pot are very good choices for tasting revisited traditional French cuisine.
Relais Louis XIII
In between the Seine River and Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the left bank, Relais Louis XIII is housed in a 17th century house, featuring old stones, noble wooden beams, engravings, stained glass windows and antique chairs.
Very attached to traditional French cuisine, Manuel Martinez, the cook, revisits it and brings an elegant modernity to his classical dishes. The cook is obsessed with finding the truth in flavors, through a meticulous produce selection process. Great gastronomy. 80 euro signature menu at lunch time. 85 euros carte blanche five set menu, a delicious culinary adventure.
One of our favorites restaurants in town. We are regulars.
Paris 75006 France
Relais Louis XIII for revisited French gastronomy
La Poule au Pot
Founded in 1935, La Poule au Pot is an authentic and warm bistro in Les Halles district. It keeps its original large old-fashioned zinc, its columns paved with golden mosaic, its red benches that surround a welcoming room lined with copper plaques engraved with the names of the celebrities who frequented the house. Taken over by the talented cook Jean-François Piège, two Michelin stars at the "Grand Restaurant", it perpetuates the tradition of the great classics that have helped establish the glory and reputation of French cuisine. 60 euros thee course set menu at lunchtime
Paris metro: Chatelet Les Halles. Map.
Paris 75001 France
La Poule au Pot is great value for money
Chinese restaurant
Yinan & Hugo serves top gastronomy from Beijing, Sichuan and Tianjin. Its greatest specialty is Peking Duck, prepared with the greatest respect for Pekingese tradition. Order it 24 hours in advance, An affordable gastronomic chinese restaurant.
Paris metro: Mouton-Duvernet on line 4. Map.
Paris 75014 France
Yinan & Hugo is a favorite chinese restaurant
Cooking lessons in Paris
A great complement to tasting French cuisine is a cooking class and wine tasting. Through a partner, Paris Digest offers you cooking lessons, macaroons workshops, wine tasting and create your own wine workshops in Paris. All activities are done in English.
Other activities include perfume creation workshops, sightseeing bike tours, tours in a 2CV vintage car, river cruises, limo tours. These are activities that will turn your stay into a memorable experience.
Cooking lessons in Paris are fun
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