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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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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So we tried to tackle the list that a newspaper in France, Le Figaro, printed listing the best croissants in Paris. The list reproduced below:
LE CLASSEMENT DES MEILLEURS CROISSANTS DE PARIS (List of Best Croissants in Paris)
1 – Pierre Hermé
2 – Triomphe
3 – L. Duchêne
4 – Mulot
5 – Lenôtre
6 – [...]

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Do yourself a favor and avoid all of the ‘Paul’ bakeries while you’re in France. If you’re French, you wouldn’t eat there anyway; if you’re not French and want to eat at a real French bakery, don’t eat there; if you like food, don’t eat there; if you don’t like food, [...]

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