Alas, due to constraints of time, budget and metabolism, I was not able to try as many kinds of meat in Paris as I wanted to. But for the sake of others looking to increase their intake of dietary cholesterol in the City of Lights, I’d like to share some of the restaurants and dishes that were recommended to me but that I wasn’t able to experience firsthand.
Dan, author of the charming and ebullient Kitchen Geeking, lived in Paris in the early ‘00s and recommends meat curries at “a fantastic Indian place just behind Metro Courcelles.” If my Internet research isn’t faulty, this restaurant just might be Villa Punjab at 15, Rue Léon Jost. (And while you’re up in the 17th arrondissement, why not take a stroll through the lovely, underrated Parc Monceau?)
Andrew, a friend whose knowledge of Paris’s restaurant scene outstrips that of everyone else I’ve met, recommends Chez l’Ami Jean, whose Basque-tinged cuisine is, he claims, “pretty meat/fish-centric, very rich, and very tasty.”
My discriminating friend Katherine, who spent this past spring in Paris, recommends ordering risotto St. Jacques (champagne risotto with scallops) whenever the opportunity presents itself. Never having tried scallops is the one meat-related regret that still gnaws at me, so I urge all Paris inhabitants and visitors to avoid my sorry fate and take Katherine’s advice.
Do you have any other suggestions for un repas carné in Paris that really shouldn’t be missed? By all means, leave a comment.
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You said you're going to have one non-veg meal with a friend in New York before returning to being a full time vegetarian, right? Please take that chance to have scallops, or cheat and have them but never tell anyone, or something. Scallops are divine. They are so delicious. Not quite as delicious as lobster, but damn close. Try them.
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