Restaurant rec's- Paris & Barcelona

[jaybone]

Has anyone been anywhere awesome in these 2 cities?

I have a couple days lined up in each city and I'm hoping to eat well.

Thanks.

[fluffhead77]

So the new guy at GelaSkins is from Lille, FR and his lady worked in Paris for many years. He's going to get some recos from her. I'll get back to ya...

Re: barca - What about Nathan? He lived there for a bunch of years...

[fluffhead77]

Just in case anyone else is going to Paris, here's what my friend via his Parisian chef buddy recco'd.

French restaurants:

Chez Mamy

http://www.chezmamy-restaurant.fr/

Le Louvre Ripaille

http://www.louvre-ripaille.com/

Le Cotte Rôti

http://goo.gl/kdo6oV

Les Pieds Nickelés

http://goo.gl/NVP9v5

Le Baudelaire - Burgundy (awarded 1 Michelin star)

http://www.leburgundy.com/michelin-starred-restaurant-paris.php

Italo/Portuguese:

Do Porto a Roma

Chinese:

Rue de Choisy in the 13th District is our small version of Chinatown. There's plenty of good places there.

One rule only: the more Chinese folks in the restaurant, the better the food.

Japanese:

Sanukiya

https://plus.google.com/110607787729312397480/about?gl=ca&hl=en

Ace Bento

https://plus.google.com/103422831335112937204/about?gl=ca&hl=en

Lebanese

L'As du Falafel (One of the best falafel I ever had, great for a quick afternoon lunch/snack)

http://www.yelp.fr/biz/l-as-du-fallafel-paris

Chez Marianne

https://plus.google.com/107122866257878667760/about?gl=ca&hl=en

North African:

Chez Omar

https://plus.google.com/113489145746706123868/about?gl=ca&hl=en

Sweet tooth:

Gérard Mulot

http://www.gerard-mulot.com/

Arnaud Larher (awarded best Pastry Chef of the year)

http://www.arnaud-larher.com/flash/

Un Dimanche à Paris

http://www.un-dimanche-a-paris.com/

LeNôtre (Amazing! But $$$$)

http://www.lenotre.com/

Dalloyau

http://www.dalloyau.fr/

Drinks/Wine:

Le barav (Great for wine tasting, they also serve great snacks on the side, always busy though)

http://lebarav.fr/

Aoc Jean Bernard

http://www.jean-bernard.fr/

La fusée

http://www.timeout.com/paris/en/bars-pubs/la-fusee

La café cache au 104

http://www.104.fr/les_espaces/restauration/cafe_cache.html

La café lomi

http://www.cafelomi.com/

Le café de l'arbalète

https://plus.google.com/115145319656043683530/about?gl=ca&hl=en

La patache

https://plus.google.com/105313131236887713621/about?gl=ca&hl=en

[jaybone]

Barcelona has very good food.

I'm napping off my 4:00 tapas "snack" (and wine) while waiting for my 10:30 dinner reservation.

Life revolves around food here. As it should.

Bar Mut and Cervecerria Catalana were ridiculously good.