We both wanted to walk a bit in the 7th or 8th--areas we don't get to much except with visitors--and both wanted to have a steak and frites repas, so I located a restaurant of interest and a path to the Trocadero, in the 16th, for its views of the Eiffel Tower.
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| The restaurant was Le Relais de l'Entrecote; our plan was to get there before opening and perhaps beat the lunch crowd |
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| We were not the only ones with that idea; but at noon the line started moving, quickly, and we got a table; we later learned, via one of the Paris newsletters Vicki subscribes to, that Le Relais de l'Entrecote was one of the top ten restos trending that day on Tik Tok; big woof |
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| Turns out it is a steak/frites only place: after you're seated, the serveuse brings you a mixed green salad, then returns to ask how you want your steak; a basket of baguette slices arrives, as well as the drink order; in due course a plate arrives, filled with steak and frites; hangar steak, flavorful, juicy, cooked just as ordered; the "secret sauce" was a green poivre sauce; seconds are on the house; there's a pretty extensive dessert menu, but after that much delicious steak, and pretty good frites, we had to say no; there are branches in St. Germain and in Montparnasse (also Geneva and Zurich) so we'll definitely be going back... |
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| Today's micro-niche store, with a killer location on Rue George V, La Pistacherie |
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| What? Your town doesn't have a pistacherie? |
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| Passing by the Museum of Fashion |
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| We figured we were not appropriately attired |
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| Arriving at the Trocadero |
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| The celebrated view |
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| One half of the Trocadero; it's a huge 1930s structure, far more impressive from afar |
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| Thus |
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Your lunch looks wonderful! Yum...
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