Hello Freckles and other readers! One restaurant that seems to be highly thought of (Pudlo, etc.) is La Chaumiere, at 46 avenue Secrétan, where the the chef is Japanese (Ishii Yochinori), yet works "in French". An example of the menu can be found here, along with pictures: La Chaumiere There appear to be menus at 22 and 29 euros, but outside that format, prices escalate to 60 euros. Has anyone here ever tried it? If it is convenient to your location and timing, you might also schedule a little pre-restaurant walk around the upper portion of rue de Belleville (beyond the Asian area) and rue des Pyrénées (although it will take you into the 20th), in order to "hit" places like: Ma Cave (105, rue de Belleville), a "true" wine shop where the owner knows every product in his store and is ready to give personalized advice; or La Flûte Gana (226, rue des Pyrénées) and Au 140 (140, rue de Belleville) great boulangerie-pâtisseries (for your breakfast the next morning, of course!). When you have time, could you write up a list of the "off the beaten edge" places to which your dining club has introduced you? Illkirchen (another food-loving "girl" based in Paris)
