Archive for July, 2009
Art Home in pictures
Jul 31st
As I recently mentioned over at Saveur, a new restaurant called Nomiya has just been dropped—by crane—onto the roof of the Palais du Tokyo, a contemporary art museum in the Trocadéro district of Paris. Click here to read the full post, and then visit David Lebovitz to read his take on trendy dining in the sky.
But before you go, some photos from my lunch in mid-July:
Rosalito: proceed with caution
Jul 21st
This week brought the opening of Rosalito, a tapas bar that (on paper/screen) has everything going for it:
- Foodie pedigree (same owner as Da Rosa)
- Sweet location (near République and the Canal)
- Sidewalk terrace
- Sangria
I tried it out on Friday night with a pack of hungry and curious friends. But before revealing anything more, I need your opinion:
L’Arpège: I think I get it
Jul 15th
“If you ‘get it’, it will move you…” So said a fellow food blogger in the hours before my visit to l’Arpège.
I am dumb, five hours after setting down the fork, with neither appetite nor words. But I do think, just maybe, that I get it.
I’ll update this later with annotations and some thoughts about the world’s most expensive turnips. But for now, a few images from my first-ever three-star lunch.
