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In Paris, Qui Plume la Lune: a trendy starred restaurant for the most romantic dinner

In this starred restaurant, Luxe Magazine has not only seen one star but a whole constellation! A moment of grace that we wanted to share with you, French gastronomy, in a magnetic place, held by Chefs, a brigade and a staff room so talented...

A historic place

Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent

The wall running all along the restaurant room, was built with rubbles of the Bastille! Who knows? Voltaire or the Marquis de Sade may have touched one of these stones! The entire building also is very interesting... At the ground floor, you'll be able to see the room of the restaurant itself, an old inner courtyard where are held today the kitchens, and a former butcher's shop overlooking Saint-Sabin Street. All the district had also been, in the Middle Ages, the property of many abbeys and the restaurant has kept some crosses to bear witness to this time. If the atmosphere has nothing monastic today, it's very intimate and admirably romantic, where some branches and mirrors seem to come from a Jean Cocteau's film.

The chef's surprise

Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent

During our visit, at lunchtime, Luxe Magazine tested the menu Iphigénie, with starter, main course and dessert ... A menu that is updated every day according to the arrival of the products. Jean-Christophe Rizet, the executive chef, works with "Terroirs d'Avenir", a company set up to source small producers and order the best seasonal products. This "blind menu" already is very exciting! But nothing prevents you from asking what are the meats, fishes and vegetables that will be cooked today. For his part, the director of the room, Florian Laurent, inquires about your tastes and your allergies to transmit these valuable information in the kitchen.

An exquisite cuisine

Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent
Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent
Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent
Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent
Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent
Qui Plume la Lune restaurant - Paris © Sarah Sergent

The appetizer arrives: a shell egg flavored with tonka bean, salmon eggs and Jerusalem artichoke crisps. The combination of this chocolate flavor and fish, also enhanced with acacia flowers, is a revelation! At least, this is a promising appetizer! Then, a roasted sar sea bream is served on a verbena peas coulis with snapped white asparagus, lime and spinach leaves. The cooking is perfect and the tastes succeed each other subtly, without neutralizing each other. Every bite is a discovery! We go from one texture to another, from the tenderness of the fish to the crunchy asparagus. Verbena and lime exalt the flavors, a real find! There is a second appetizer: a large morel garnished with a lobster tartare, displayed on an emulsion of white asparagus. The sea-land marriage is particularly successful. Then arrives a roasted veal, with artichokes and white carrots on a puree of smoked beet, served with a spelled risotto with green asparagus. The meat is delicate. The vegetables are crunchy but not too much ... Just what you need! The cheese taste of risotto, light, works wonders with meat and beetroot. The cheeses themselves are mainly local products. "The farms of Seine et Marne make magnificent cheeses!" says Jean-Christophe Rizet, splendid goat's cheeses, black Bries... If to make work the peasants next door is a cost, it is also a duty and a pride ". And it is also for us the opportunity to discover products that are not available in the Parisian other restaurants. The dessert is a "streusel" with hazelnuts, in other words an Alsatian crumble. Its hazelnut mousse, its chocolate sorbet and tonka bean and its chocolate tile play here also with the game of different textures. The granola with all this, is powerful in taste. For mini-pastries, homemade truffles and lemon sprouts - you'd think you're eating a lemon pie! -, sublimate the coffee...
Octobre 2019
By Luxe Magazine
Lunch menu Iphigénie: 50€ per pax
http://www.quiplumelalune.fr/