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Meet Chef Nacer Melliti

Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
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Nacer Melliti, Proprietor and Chef of Madame est Servie
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

We’ve discovered a fine restaurant that seems to have been overlooked by both Anglophone and Francophone restaurant reviewers. Read this month’s Le Bon Goût to learn about Madame est Servie and why we think that its chef, Nacer Melliti, is a rising star on the Paris culinary scene.

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Meet Chef Edith Gnapié

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
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Edith Gnapié, Chef and Co-prorietor of Ohinéné Restaurant
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Last month we dined at Ohinéné, an Ivorian restaurant located in the 20th arrondissement. After a splendid meal there, we returned to interview the chef, Edith Gnapié, and her partner, Jean-Benoit Chauveau. Read our review of this establishment in this month’s Le Bon Goût, a monthly feature of our newsletter Paris Insights.

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Ohinéné Piment à l’Ivoirienne

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
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Ohinéné Piment à l'Ivoirienne

Ohinéné Piment à l’Ivoirienne
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Last Wednesday I interviewed Edith Gnapié and Jean-Benoit Chauveau, co-proprietors of an Ivorian restaurant called Ohinéné in the 20th arrondissement. After the interview, Madame Gnapié, who is also chef of the establishment, gave me a small jar of Ohinévé piment à l’ivoirienne, a hot sauce that, she promised, is “stronger than Tabasco.” I took it home to try.

Monique prepared our favorite dish, Miss Grace’s Chicken, the recipe for which can be found in Monique’s cookbook Food for the Soul. At the table, we dabbed a little bit of Madame Gnapié’s piment on it and clang!, clang!, clang!, the fire bells started ringing. This is a super-hot sauce that is guaranteed to make a grown man weep!

Never fear though&#8212it is also quite flavorful. We enjoyed it with the chicken and the tangy chicken sauce.

Madame Gnapié’s hot sauce can be purchased at her restaurant take-out counter.

Ohinéné
14, rue de la Chine
75020 Paris

Tel.: 01.71.20.67.62

Our review of Ohinéné restaurant appears tomorrow, in the August edition of Paris Insights.

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Meet Isabelle Bejidian, Owner and Chef of Le Resto

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
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Isabelle Bedjidian, Owner and Chef of Le Resto

Isabelle Bedjidian, Owner and Chef of Le Resto
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Isabelle Bejidian, owner and chef of Le Resto, opened her restaurant on rue Tournefort four years ago. We dined there when it opened and have dined there several times since. Read our review of this little bistrot in this month’s Le Bon Goût, a monthly feature of our newsletter Paris Insights.

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Meet the Managers of Les Trois Carafes, a New Restaurant in Paris

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
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Oleg Kononov and Irina Kononova

Oleg Kononov and Irina Kononova
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Oleg Kononov and Irina Kononova came to Paris from Moscow five years ago. Read about Les Trois Carafes, a restaurant that they opened near the Jardin des Plantes, and the delicious food that is served there in this month’s Le Bon Goût.

Le Bon Goût is a restaurant review that you will find in Paris Insights, a newsletter about the history and culture of Paris, as well as our observations on contemporary life in the city. It is published monthly as a downloadable PDF file and is available only to paid subscribers for an annual subscription fee of $30.

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Meet Atika Lazrec, Manager of Les Saveurs d’Atika

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
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Atika Lazrec, Manager of Les Saveurs d’Atika
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In this month’s Le Bon Goût, we present Atika Lazrec, who manages Les Saveurs d’Atika, a Moroccan restaurant near Place de la Bastille. We enjoyed her home-cooked meals when we dined there recently and, in fact, returned to enjoy them again!

Le Bon Goût is a restaurant review that you will find in Paris Insights, a newsletter about the history and culture of Paris, as well as our observations on contemporary life in the city. It is published monthly as a downloadable PDF file and is available only to paid subscribers for an annual subscription fee of $30.

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Meet Bécaye Tounkara, Proprietor of Le Dogon

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
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Bécaye Tounkara, Proprietor of Le Dogon

Bécaye Tounkara, Proprietor of Le Dogon
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In this month’s Le Bon Goût we present Bécaye Tounkara, proprietor of Le Dogon, a restaurant located near Place de la République that serves Malian and Senegalese cuisine. We think that travelers to Paris will enjoy dining at this restaurant, where the food is authentic and the service is cordial!

Le Bon Goût is a restaurant review that you will find in Paris Insights, a newsletter about the history and culture of Paris, as well as our observations on contemporary life in the city. It is published monthly as a downloadable PDF file and is available only to paid subscribers for an annual subscription fee of $30.

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Our Bon Goût Restaurant Review – Chef Nabil Yacoub of Le Triomphe

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
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Nabil Yacoub

In November, we dined at Le Triomphe restaurant where we tasted fine French home-style cooking and then interviewed its chef, Nabil Yacoub. Read our review in this month’s Le Bon Goût, a monthly feature of our Paris Insights newsletter.

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Drinking Beaujolais Nouveau with Chef Nabil Yacoub

Thursday, November 15th, 2012
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Chef Nabil Yacoub with Beaujolais Nouveau

Chef Nabil Yacoub with Beaujolais Nouveau
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Today I interviewed Chef Nabil Yacoub of Le Triomphe restaurant for the “Le Bon Goût” feature of our monthly Paris Insights newsletter. It turns out that today is the release date of Beaujolais Nouveau, so after the interview he invited me to have a glass.

Today also happens to be the birthday of his oldest daughter, who was born on the same day that Beaujolais Nouveau was released 24 years ago. Whenever the family celebrates her birthday, it is with a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau, not champagne!

Read my review of Chef Yacoub’s restaurant in the December 1st issue of Paris Insights newsletter. And look for another picture of him on Pinterest on that day!

Le Triomphe
5, boulevard de Port-Royal
75013 Paris
Tel.: 09.52.88 01.40
Open Mon to Sat noon – 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 – 10:30 p.m.
Reservations advised

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Our New Pinterest Board Features Photographs of Parisian Chefs and Restaurant Owners

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
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Our Featured Chefs and Restaurant Owners

Our Featured Chefs and Restaurant Owners

We have been writing extensive monthly restaurant reviews for our Paris Insights newsletter since October 2006. One of the elements that makes our reviews unique, we think, is that we interview each chef and include his or her photograph in the review. Until recently, there has been no convenient way to post their photographs in one spot so that the world can see who these hard-working, talented people are. We are pleased to announce that, thanks to Pinterest, we can now draw back the curtain and present them on the world stage!

As always, access to our monthly restaurant review comes with an annual subscription to our newsletter.

And now, to celebrate the launching of our new Pinterest board we are offering, for a limited time, a $5.00 discount off the annual subscription rate of $30.00. That’s a savings of almost 17%! Enter code 57934 in the Promotional Code box of the “Subscribe to Our Newsletter” sign-up form to receive your discount.

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