Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Le Timbre – If only that was the average waiter!

As u may had noticed I had been in Paris eating in this nice little bistros that don´t charge u a fortune for wonderful food. If I had to pick the restaurant that best represents this, from my trip, it is Le Timbre. This tine little 24 people restaurant is not located in any of the fancy areas of Paris, it is hidden in a hard to get street, with just a big window that u can see the entire restaurant from outside. Two rows of table, half seat on the couch the other half on little wood chairs, to get to the sofa u must pull your table, actually the waiter will do that.

The service was incredibly nice for Paris, maybe because the waiter was from Manchester and not Parisian, but what stroke me as remarkable was not how nice he was, but the fact that he was the SINGLE person in the restaurant. After a few moments I realized he was the Chef, waiter and host! Absolutely incredible, considering the quality of the food and the service.

We took the full menu, I started with escargot and lentils, with a herb olive oil. The textures were wonderful, the slightly floury part of the lentils with the firm, escargot. The iron flavor of the lentils with the delicate escargots. As my second I opted for the classic, confit de carnard with mashed potatoes, the duck was perfect extremely crispy on the outside and moist in the inside, with the fatty after taste that completes so well the deepness of the duck flavor. The mashed potatoes were rustic and with a touch or garlic were wonderfull complement to the duck.

The deserts were also great. I had a Mil Foglie, a thousand layers  with a vanilla cream that was 3 layers of a wonderfully crispy biscuit with a very delicate cream, nice textures. Also we had a pear cooked in brandy with some honey, the tastes balanced very well. The food was remarkably well executed for a single person restaurant, nothing fancy but very tasty. In the end the check was affordable even cheaper then average touristy places in Paris.

Le Timbre
Rue de Sainte Beuve, 3
Paris 75006
Tel 0145491040

3***
$$$

9 comments:

Marcos said...

porra!

o cara abre a porta, serve, cozinha e lava; a comida tá espetacular e voce não dá nota máxima?

exigente mesmo!
heheh

não fui nesse ainda, mas tenho que ir!

candida said...

Marcos não entendeu. O cara é bionico... Ou quem sabe o irmão mais moço de "Jeannie é um gênio"?
Esses personagens são de seu tempo?

Clarissa Magalhães said...

coloque o metrô mais próximo!! vai me ajudar na lua de mel!!!
bjs

Tuca said...

Kitu,

O resto eh otimo... Mas 3 estrlas eh para quando eu deliro... 3 estrelas eh uma otima cotacao believe me.
Clari otima sugestao... Super blog parisiense. Lua de mel vai ser lah eh!?!?

Mae, ele era com certeza bionico.

T

Gus said...

Kitu, realemente 3*** é uma nota muito boa viu...esse ai é cricri para tudo no restaurante.
Tuca meu amigo, vc esta muito atrasado nos posts.

Tuca said...

Gus,

A vida esta difícil mas estou correndo para me atualizar, vou até levar o notebook para a fazenda no feriado!

Mas é bom que vai mixing inglês com Português!

T

Gus said...

Na fazenda sua inspiração vai ser maior. Tenho certeza!!!
Escreva uma boa esperiencia da mesa baiana!
Abs e bom feriado!

Dea said...

Ai, cafe da manha de fazenda eh bom demais. Voto por um post sobre isso.

Fe Feitosa said...

Este foi o melhor pato que ja comi ate hoje. Estava sensacional! Nao sei usar todos esses adjetivos pompozos que Tuca usa. Achei excelente.