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LES CINOCHES IN PARIS

Les Cinoches is a restaurant in Saint Germain de Pres, located in a former cinema. On one wall there’s a big tv screen playing an old black and white movie while you enjoy the modern French food. The wines are very good and so is the price/quality. This is a place where it’s about good food and cozyness. Nothing pretentious.

1 rue de Conde, 75006 Paris, 0143541821.

Les Cinoches Paris Restaurant

Les Cinoches Restaurant Paris



Reported by Sabine de Witte special guest editor

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AGAPE'
If you are looking for really good food in a cantine-like atmosphere, you should get a table (or join in at the large table) at Agapé Substance, that seats about 26. The genius behind this place is David Toutain, whose resumé includes stints at L’Arpege, Mugaritz (in Spain) and Corton (NYC). His cooking style is extremely relaxed. Like a true natural he improvises, and the most exclusive dishes are prepared right before your eyes. Dinner is €99,00. There is a cryptic and basically useless menu, so just talk to the head waiter - a great guy by the way, because he knows his ingredients and their origins. Cheese is a shaving of Comté, made by the father of one the owners. Best cheese ever... Go there....

Reported by Maarten van den Biggelaar founder of Travelteq
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DREAMING ABOUT PARIS
This short movie of Paris is a project by Luke Shepard, a student at The American University of Paris. It's composed completely out of photographs. The images combined with the music of the XX make it feel like a dream.




Reported by Sophie van Bentum

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HAVE LUNCH IN A LITTLE PARIS KITCHEN
Rachel Khoo traded her London high heels in for a pair of security kitchen shoes and moved to Paris. After studying Pâtisserie at the world reknown Le Cordon Bleu she started to bake sweet treats at the delightful cookery bookstore La Cocotte. Fast forward four years and you’ll find her in her little Paris kitchen creating delicious delights for friends, family and guests. Every Wednesday an Saturday (when the local market is open) you can enjoy a wonderful 3 course meal in her cosy and inspirational little kitchen. Because Rachel is working on her first cookbook, she has 120 recipes to try out and for you to try. Her dishes like, savory buckwheat pancake with white asparagus, comté cheese, salad and mushrooms and flan with raspberries and caramel, sounds absolutely delicious. To book: go to thelittlepariskitchen.com/lunch; last-minute openings due to cancellations are posted on Twitter @rkhooks and Facebook. For a three-course meal, a 25-euro donation is suggested to cover the cost of ingredients. www.thelittlepariskitchen.com


Reported by Sophie van Bentum

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DERRIèRE
Last week I was in Paris for the fashion shows and I asked a Parisian friend of mine if she could guide me to a nice trendy restaurant. That's how I ended up in Derrière, a restaurant were the young Parisians get together. At ten in the evening I started my dinner next to a ping pong table where two fashionistas were playing.
The cocktails were surprisingly good (my favorite was the ginger cocktail, which had a sharp aftertaste). The food is simple but very tasty. I thoroughly enjoyed their version of the Coquille Saint Jacques, they added some really fragrant fresh herbs to the dish.
The one thing I really adored, though, was their smoking room. One has to go through an actual closet to get to this bohemian place. It's where I spent most of my time that night, among the cool and the restless.

Derrière, 69, Rue des Gravilliers - 3rd, Metro Arts et Metiers, (+33)1 4461 9195


Reported by Sophie van Bentum