Lasserre, Paris

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Mignardises!  Those little delights wrapped in the center are passion fruit caramels! Incroyable! :-)  Clockwise from noon: cream puffs, passion fruit tarts, truffles, chocolate-covered candied orange peel, and hazelnut macarons! Oooh la la!

I was once again treated to a wonderful dinner courtesy of the French Culinary Institute and a few students who decided to bail on the trip.  Excusez-moi, did I hear that right?  A culinary student…bailing on a free trip to Paris??? Obviously they’re not the sharpest knives in the knife bag (pun intended), but I am eternally grateful for their utter lack of initiative as it has allowed me to dine like a diva this weekend!

Saturday night brought us to the right bank and the elegant restaurant, Lasserre.  Located on avenue Franklin D Roosevelt near the Seine, I of course walked all the way to the other end, not realizing that the numbers went both ways off the Champs-Elysées.  But I managed to throw myself onto the hood of cab and beg him to drive me the 6 blocks in the other direction.  I don’t usually take cabs mainly because that particular line item did not make it into my financially challenged negative cash-flow budget but I was in high heels and the sidewalks are coated with a thin layer of gravel to keep people from slipping on the snow and ice which wreaks havoc on my “chaussures” so I splurged the 5 euros for the 1 minute-30 seconds ride.

I made it just in time for the champagne toast and petit gougères.  Whew!  The très elegant Lasserre was a bistro before WW2 and his since become a Paris legend with it’s 2 story high main dining room upstairs and a retractable roof!  You not only dine with the stars, you dine under the stars!  Literally. No roof, no glass, just you and the Big Dipper!

The inimitable Chef Jean-Louis Nomicos re-energized this grande dame with evocative dishes and a wine cellar that boasts 160,000 bottles!  The impeccable service instilled and dispensed by the lovely and gracious Monsier Louis ensures every diner feels like the most important person to have steps through the cascading velvet drapes.  Upon our departure, Monsieur Louis gave all the women a tiny Limoge Lasserre saucepan. Voila le menu… 

Dîner ~ l’Institut Culinaire Français
Samedi 26 février 2005

Sur l’arrivée (Upon arriving)
~ Champagne
Gougères Fromage (cheese puffs – no not those cheetos cheese puffs!)

Entrée (Appetizer)
~ Petit Chablis 2003 (white wine)
Cappuccino de champignons sauvages, royale de foie gras
(Foie gras in a wild mushroom soup)

Les Plats (Main Course)
~ Château Bras d’Argent 2002 (red wine)
Filet de sandre poêlé au beurre citron, fondue de poireaux
(Sautéed fillet of perch in a citrus butter sauce and sautéed leeks)
or
Jarret de veau braisé aux aromates, carottes et gingembre
Veal braised in aromatic vegetabless (celery, onions, leeks), carrots and ginger



Scott's vegetarian "dinner"............................and a centerpiece of vibrant roses!

Le Dessert (Dessert)
Gâteau au chocolat guanaja, coulis d’orange amère
(Guanaja chocolate cake with a bitter orange sauce)

Café et Mignardises (Coffee and small dessert bites)

Look at this coffee server! Amazing!               Oh, you mean I have to share this?!

Cheers!  Bonheur et Santé!
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Lasserre
Chef Jean-Louis Nomicos
Directeur Monsieur Louis
17, avenue franklin d roosevelt, 75008 paris, france
tél: +33 1 43 59 53 43
web: www.lasserre.fr, email: lasserre@lasserre.fr
métro: franklin d. roosevelt
hours: lunch, thurs-fri; dinner, mon-sat 
menus: déjeuner 75€, dégustation 185€, a la carte 135€

Comments

[Lil]

I was whipping out my Filofax to note this as the place to eat when I'm in Paris next, but one look at the price, oh dear! I think I should stick to my favourite haunt - Le Petit Troquet at rue de L'Exposition...

[Carissa]

Hello,

Just wondered if you might have a valid website address for restaurant Lasserre, the www.lasserre.fr does not work and I would very much like to check this restaurant out next time I am in France. I can't seem to locate the website anywhere. Please advise if possible. Thanks

[Andy]

If you need a valid url address for Lasserre, You can find many info and a lot of photos of restaurant lasserre here: http://lasserre.abemadi.com/

[dustin]

the actual url is http://www.restaurant-lasserre.com/

my wife and I ate there this past summer. Unforgettable experience that I would much rather have than the $600 it cost us!