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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 10:15 am
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BingoSF
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'm back from my quick trip and dined very well. We tried:

Chez Denise (La Tour de Montlhery)
5 rue Prouvaires
01.42.36.21.82
Couldn't get in here until 10:30p (due to the large size of our group). Had a wonderful very authentic meal, heavy on the meat though. My sis is a vegitarian though, and thoroughly enjoyed herself (and had plenty of yummy food to eat). FTers Techgirl and CapnBob joined my best friend and me, as well as two Parisian friends of my friend.

Restaurant Thoumieux
79 rue St. Dominique
01.47.05.49.75
Upon Techgirl's recommendation, we dined here our second night. Food was very good but the room was steamy hot that night and very crowded. It was a huge event to get those seated on the banquette out to use the facilities, leave, etc. But the fois gras was very yummy indeed. I had the Cassoulet and it was fantastic. CapnBob's Andouillette left a bit to be desired.

Bofinger
7 rue de la Bastille
01.42.72.87.82
Third night was again a late one, with a 10:30p reservation. Lovely ambiance, we were seated under the stained glass dome. Surrounded by Americans, as we would expect given our preference for the non fumeurs section. But they weren't too ugly The restaurant is known for its seafood and choucroute (strange combo, but it worked). We really enjoyed our fois gras and a lovely avocado and shrimp mille feuille with tomatoes. My entree, grilled salmon, was average. Stef's choucroute with seafood was interesting. Not knock your socks off, but glad we ordered it.

I need to get a full and complete list of the patisseries we visited. Everything we sampled was excellent.
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