Le Pre Catalan, 3 star in Paris. It was amazing! My partner and I had the tasting menu, and it ended up being the most expensive meal we've ever had, but it was totally worth every penny. This was in the autumn 2009, so I can't remember everything but some things I will never forget. One dish was Sardines on toast, it came on three diffrent plates. One plate was kind of a bouillabaisse but jellied, it was very nice. One dish was crab , done two diffrent ways. One was a frothy soup, which was delicious, and the other one was the best thing I ever seen and tasted. A caviar pot that had been made especially for Le Pre Catalan with their name on the lid, when the lid was removed it looked like we had been given a full pot of caviar, but when we started eating we found that the caviar was only a thin coating layer on top, and that the rest of the jar was packed with wonderfully seasoned crab meat. This was amazing to eat and I will always remember it. This was followed with many great looking and tasty dishes, service was very good aswell. We don't speak any french but that was no problem, we were looked after very well and all the dishes were explained well in english for us. While we were having our meal I noticed this apple dessert that was served to the table next to us and I said to my partner that I wish I could have that instead of the dessert on the tasting menu. I don't know if someone had overheard me, or maybe they had just caught me stairing at the dessert, but when they brought us our dessert, my partner was given the dessert of the tasting menu, and they gave me that apple dessert. It was a cold apple souffle. The restaurant manager said to me: This is the best dessert in Paris, and I want you to experience it. I was very happy, and it was totally amazing. Was it the best in Paris? I can't tell because I have only eaten in two restaurants in Paris (the other one was Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athenee) but belive me it was good. I have a picture of it: Here is a picture of the Crab dish aswell: Lovely meal, lovely experience, expensive, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
