Ze Kitchen Galerie is a restaurant that I avoided for many years for one simple and superficial reason: that name is stupid. The faux-French pronunciation . . . the dual-purpose (food/art) pretension . . . I can barely think about it without rolling my eyes.
But perhaps there’s another reason for my tardy arrival at the [...]
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
After yesterday’s stumper, here’s something easy. Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product/location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow [...]
Also tagged in: affordable, croquette, Edible Advent Calendar, Eric Ospital, ham, Iberian, L'Avant Comptoir, small plates, tapas, wine bar, Yves Camdeborde
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Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product/location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll publish the [...]
Last night marked my fourth visit to l’Avant Comptoir in just over a week. This new wine bar is nowhere near my apartment, so why am I returning again and again? It’s the ham.
To be precise, it’s the deep-fried ham croquettes. Made with jambon Ibaïona d’Eric Ospital (Iberian ham from a legendary producer), these [...]
Also tagged in: Basque, Bigorre, Bordier butter, chorizo, croquettes, ham, jambon Corse, jambon Ibaïona d’Eric Ospital, Le Garde Robe, left bank, L’Avant Comptoir, Odéon, tapas, wine bar, Yves Camdeborde
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Have you ever wondered why some restaurant openings are “events” while others are simply overlooked? The recent opening of Ze Kitchen Galerie Bis provides some clues about media coverage and what it takes to draw the hounds.
#1: Give us a name we can play with. No, I don’t mean this restaurant’s full name, which is [...]
Also tagged in: Alex Lobrano, Chrisoscope, Figaro, food, François Simon, John Talbott, KGB, L'Express, Le Fooding, left bank, media, opening, Paris, Paris Update, rentrée, restaurant, Richard Hesse, William Ledeuil, Ze Kitchen Galerie Bis, zors d'oeuvre
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