A Jaunt to Paris
Saturday, October 19th , 2024
On a short trip to Paris I tried the latest three-star restaurant Gabriel. It has a lovely dining room in a very smart hotel (I passed David Beckham in the lobby) and it offers a wide variety of menus in terms of both length and pricing. We went for a middle price option and it was certainly very good, with a lovely sand carrot dish and an impressive lobster dish. Canapes were rather lacklustre and dessert was nothing special, so although I enjoyed the meal it is hard to put this in the same bracket as established 3 stars in Paris like Kei.
Two-star Maison Ruggieri is centrally located and is less grand than Gabriel, but the cooking was still of a high standard. The calf sweetbread that I had for my main course was spectacularly good, and the sauces with the dishes were superb. They were happy to bring more of the sauces, which really showed up the standards here in London at present, where most restaurants buy their sauces and then just add an artistic smear to the plate.