La carte
Short on purpose. The carte turns with the seasons; the ardoise turns with the morning market. Prices include service — tipping is welcome, never expected.
Entrée + plat ou plat + dessert
22 €
Entrée + plat + dessert
26 €
Servi du mardi au vendredi, 12h–14h30. Café gourmand +4 €.
Soft-boiled farm eggs, house mayonnaise, cracked pepper. The classic, unimproved.
Three-day beef broth, slow-sweated onions, Comté toast browned under the salamander.
Chilled leeks in mustard vinaigrette, chopped egg, chives from the courtyard pots.
Potted duck from the Gers, cornichons, toasted pain de campagne.
Warm Sainte-Maure on honeyed toast, bitter leaves, toasted walnuts.
Garlic-parsley butter, and bread enough to chase every drop.
Bavette from Boucherie Renard, twice-cooked frites, green peppercorn cream. The house dish since day one.
Crisp-skinned leg cured in-house, green lentils, a spoon of duck jus.
Half a Challans chicken off the rotisserie, pan juices, pommes purée. Sundays only, until it's gone.
Veal shoulder in a velvet cream sauce, button mushrooms, steamed rice.
Carnaroli rice, girolles and trompettes, aged Comté, a drop of vin jaune.
Whatever looked best at Rungis this morning — ask your server, or trust Pascale.
Bourbon vanilla custard, burnt-sugar lid cracked at the table.
Caramelised apples upside-down on buttered pastry, served warm with cold cream.
70% Valrhona, whipped to order, a pinch of fleur de sel.
Poached meringue adrift on crème anglaise, caramel threads, toasted almonds.
Three cheeses from the affineur on Rue Saint-Maur, with fig jam and walnut bread.
Espresso with three small sweets from the pastry counter — the indecisive person's dessert.
Small growers only. The full cave list lives on the last page of the menu — ask for it.
| Vin | Verre | Carafe 50cl | Bouteille |
|---|---|---|---|
| Côtes du Rhône « Les Garrigues » | 7 € | 19 € | 34 € |
| Bourgogne Aligoté, Domaine Perrin | 8 € | 22 € | 38 € |
| Chinon « Vieilles Vignes » | 8 € | 22 € | 39 € |
| Crémant de Loire brut | 9 € | — | 42 € |