The Bon Vivant Blog

So, this is our favourite new food guide (caution: it’s really only for France, and it’s written in French) – it’s not a restaurant or hotel guide – it’s a guide of delicious, special food products produced (mainly) in France. It is really a well-organized, well-written list of ‘the best of the best’ in [...]

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This was a great, very interesting, inexpensive meal in a small, quaint, charming fish restaurant with excellent service. And if I had a friend in town who wanted an relatively inexpensive but still semi-formal lunch in the 7th, I would definitely consider taking them here.
The food was [...]

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So La Rotonde is one of the Parisian institutions of Montparnasse – its list of famous figures of the 20th century that have drunk (and probably been very drunk), eaten, and discussed the meaning of life behind its doors would make up most of the early 20th century Who’s Who of the [...]

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Short summary: Everything a ‘Bib Gourmand’ should be – would definitely go again.
Longer summary: An old fish market that has been turned into a ‘gastropub’ (according to le guide rouge), but I think this term does it a disservice. This is pretty much the perfect french bistro. [...]

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DB Bistro Moderne
2551 West Broadway, Vancouver
info@dbbistro.ca
Reservations: yes – opentable or phone
604-739-7115
Price: Above average but not crazy
Would we go back: Yes
The famous chef Daniel Boulud took over the old Feenie’s site. DB is famous for, among other things, the original DB burger – a $28 sirloin burger filled [...]

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Lameloise
Hôtel Restaurant Lameloise
Relais and Chateaux
36, place d’Armes 71150 CHAGNY-EN-BOURGOGNE (FRANCE)
phone: +33 (0)3 85 87 65 65
fax: +33 (0)3 85 87 03 57
E-mail : lameloise@relaischateaux.com
Closed: Wednesday all day, Tuesday noon and Thursday noon, January 1st to 24th, from July 8th to 14th and from December 22nd to 31st
Cost: Reasonable for 3 Michelin Stars
Lameloise, is a Relais [...]

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Paul Bocuse
www.bocuse.fr
Open daily all year round
lunch : noon to 1.30pm
dinner : 8.00pm to 9.30pm
L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges – 40 Rue de la Plage – 69660 Collonges au Mont d’Or
Tél. : (33) 04 72 42 90 90
Fax : (33) 04 72 27 85 8
Cost: Really really expensive
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An eating odyssey of 4 hours at [...]

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