Resto 53 La Timbale, Paris
Pickle-filled cheese cones are a winner at La Timbale.
Resto 41 Restaurant du Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Having execrated the selfie generation I watched a revenue crushing queue form in the company of the waitress of the year. And my wife.
Resto 40 Sequana, Paris
Home grown veg is a winner, yum. Just make sure you've got all night.
Resto 39 Au 35, Paris
A lighter lunch than I would have liked but good service and atmosphere at Au 35.
The end of Marivaux
Post-show blues only mean you should get on with something else.
Marivaux Pt. 2
A bit of repetition of a previous post but I recently wrote this for the French History Society blog:- Adapting Marivaux’s L’Ile des Esclaves in 2017 One of the things that never occurred to me until this year was that I might end up adapting a play by Marivaux for the stage. Marivaux’s L’Ile des…
Review #103 Les Babines, Paris
Sadly without Gatting we couldn't get a carry out but Les Babines wineshop did have the best value of the weekend.
Review #102 West Country Girl, Paris
It's always a mistake to choose your restaurant from the name of a record rather than the food it serves.
Sarko, fascos and jihadis
Two things prompted me to write this post in appreciation of Louis Malle’s Lacombe, Lucien. The first was a mundane training exercise for a new teaching job. The other was a two page spread in Le Monde discussing Olivier Roy’s new book on jihadism, Le Djihad et la Mort.[1] Roy's book arrives at an opportune moment, with the Paris and Nice atrocities (among many others) still painfully recent, and the ongoing military campaign against Islamic State in the Middle East appearing in the news daily.
Review #56 Le Florentin, Aubagne
Big pizza and a small bill, Le F delivers all round.
A London Journal 