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October 18, 2007 5

Taillevent (Paris: 8e)

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This is probably the most famous gastronomic restaurant Potatomato will ever cover (hopefully there’ll be more in the future ^_^). Taillevent is considered one of top restaurants in the world. It has held Michellin 3 stars for 34 years, though recently it got demoted to 2 stars. That does not stop me from going there, […]

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October 17, 2007 2

Poilane (Paris: St.Germain des Pre)

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Besides bistro and restaurants, boulangerie are our must check in Paris. We went to this charming bakery called Poilane in St. Germain in the morning before moving onto another intense day of sight-seeing. I ate their Tarte aux pommes (middle in the photo), soft and melty~ yum~ Punitions, Poil

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October 16, 2007 7

La Ferrandaise (Paris: St. German des pre)

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After the amazing dinner on our first night, the bar was set high. So perhaps that made our 2nd night dinner a tad bit disappointing. I read about this place La Ferrandaise on magazine Madame Figaro Japan and it’s cited as a a “special favorite” on Pudlo Paris (a Parisienne food guide that’s translated into […]

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October 15, 2007 2

Le Jardin de Varenne (Paris: Musee Rodin)

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Back to LA! Now we can speed up our Paris Food report. Since we tried to get our touristy things done, it was difficult to plan every lunch from our lists of to-try restaurants. A lot of our lunches ended up in museum cafeterias or crepe stand for convenience. There’re some pleasant surprise such as […]

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October 10, 2007 7

Au Fil des Saisons (Paris: 3e)

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I made some reservations a week prior leaving for Paris (some made thru the internet, some made thru phone by a French speaking friend of ours). I reserved this tiny bistro for our first night dinner after I read about it on blogs, claiming that it’s on par with 3-star Michellin restaurants without the high […]

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