€€€€ La Tour d’Argent, 15-17 quai de la Tournelle, 75005, T 01 43 54 23 31. Tue 2000-2330, Wed-Sun 1200-1430, 2000-2330. M Maubert-Mutualité. Such attentive service and such wonderful views (over Notre Dame) don’t come cheap. Specialities include canard à l'orange (duck in orange sauce) and millefeuille aux fruits rouge (pastry with red berries). Still one of the most elegant restaurants in the capital. €€€ Ze Kitchen Gallerie, 4 rue des Grands Augustins, 75006, T 01 44 32 00 32. Mon-Fri 1300-0100. M St Michel. One of the places that’s got the tongues of fashionable gourmets wagging in recent times for dishes such as squid ink pasta ribbons with seafood and seaweed. Inspirational and inventive, with a real emphasis on the nutritious as well as the delicious. There is a lunchtime menu ranging between €21 and €32, including a glass of wine and coffee. Booking essential. €€-€€€ L’Avant Goût, 26 rue Bobillot, 75013, T 01 53 80 24 00. Tue-Fri 1200-1400, 2000-2230. M place d’Italie. A little off the beaten track, near the villagey Butte-aux-Cailles. The location has by no means put off Parisians, however, and the place is always heaving. The speciality is pot-au-feu de cochon aux épices, a spicy stew of suckling pig. €€ Le Réminet, 3 rue des Grands Degrés, 75005, T 01 44 07 04 24. Thu-Mon 1200-1430, 1930-2300. M Maubert-Mutualité. Excellent meat and seafood from young and talented chef Hugues Gournay, in a noisy but elegant bistro. Choose from oyster fritters with Chinese cabbage, lime and fried onions, or lemon sole with puréed lentils, anchovy and fried parsley. Puddings are no simple affair, such as banana milkshake with rum aspic, vanilla ice-cream, roasted banana and whipped cream. There is a four-course gastronomic menu for €50. €€ Fogón St Julien, 10 rue St-Julien-le-Pauvre, 75005, T 01 43 54 31 33. Tue-Sun 1900-2400, Sat-Sun 1200-1430. M Maubert- Mutualité. Authentic Spanish paella freshly prepared to order, with either seafood, chicken or squid, plus Iberian charcuteries and a large choice of wine. €€ Les Quatre et Une Saveurs, 72 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, 75005, T 01 43 26 88 80. Sun-Thu 1200-1430, 1900-2230, Fri 1200-1430, Sat 1900-2230. M Cardinal Lemoine. A macrobiotic, vegan restaurant specialising in robust, fresh ingredients, with lots of tofu and tempura. Prices are not too bad considering everything is organic. There is a good-value full menu – soup, main dish, pudding, coffee – for €25, lunch or dinner. €€ Azabu, 3 rue André-Mazet, 75006, T 01 46 33 72 05. Tue-Sat 1200-1430, 1900-2200, Sun 1900-2200. M Odéon. The Japanese restaurant that people are talking about, for the sizzling cooking on a hotplate and for its toilets. The lunchtime dish of the day at €13.50 includes rice and soup. €€ Guinguette Pirate, quai François-Mauriac, 75013, T 01 43 49 69 88. Tue-Sat 2030-2400. M Bibliothèque-Nationale. Make merry on the water, in a Chinese junk. Asian food and a fun ambience, with concerts and dancing. Fortunately there are no neighbours to complain about the noise. €€€€ Le Jules Verne, Eiffel Tower, Champs de Mars, 75007, T 01 45 55 61 44. Mon-Sun 1215-1315, 1915-2100. M Bir Hakeim. An excellent world menu, and there’s certainly no better view of Paris than halfway up the Eiffel Tower. Expensive it may be, but it's just the location for a special occasion.
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