THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Chatomat

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Chatomat Restaurant Review:

Tucked in a little street of the Ménilmontant neighborhood, this gem of a bistro only seats 25 people. A smiling waitress alone caters to the guests, while a couple of young pros, Alice di Cagno and Victor Gaillard, who learned their craft at L’Arpège, prepare inventive dishes. A shrewd combination of tastes and textures highlights the fare. For starters, pork sausages are seasoned with citronella and sided by mussels, crusty leeks and celeriac mousseline. Automatically served rare if you don’t ask for a specific cooking, the picanha, a savory top sirloin cut from Brazil, is enhanced with turnip moss, foie gras-flavored beef juice and whisky-perfumed dates. A chocolate cream puff sprinkled with Jerusalem artichoke and black olive slivers top off the meal. A few wines are available by the glass, including a tasty 2013 Marsannay Cuvée Saint Urbain Domaine Jean Fournier.