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Krys T
Krys T
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Cote Bergamote

  • October 5, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Krys T from Somerset, United Kingdom
On our return to Paris, it was nice to see that some of the places we had been before were still there. We re-discovered Cote Bergamote whilst walking around the streets by the Marche Saint Germain, and took the opportunity to book a table for that night. The restaurant is one of many in the area, and is in fact one of three in a group here, all with slightly different themes (the others are L'Opio (Provencale) La Boussole (the Spice Road). It is set on a corner, open to the world all 'round, with seating indoors and out. We opted for a non-smoking table inside by where the "window" would be.

If you're one of the calorie-counting, healthy eating, brigade, as I am - this place is great. It varies from the norm in having several healthy eating options available, as well as properly catering for vegetarians. It's one of the reasons we liked it before, and why we picked it again this time.

We sat and considered drinks, and decided to stick to wine - not have aperitifs. Wine here is in bottles only - no pichets - and tends to be a little pricey - our bottle of a young & fruity Cote de Brouilly came in at 29E.

Having ordered, we sat back and shared some ciabatta which was very nice and made a change from the usual basket of baguette chunks.

To start with hubby had a vegetable terrine of artichoke hearts, green beans, tomatoes, with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and chives, which was very "warm" tasting - rich and Mediterranean. I had a terrine of dill marinated fish on sald, which though perfectly ok, wasn't AS good.

Main courses were both good. He had a beautifully cooked juicy rare pave de boeuf with a green szechuan pepper sauce, though if you were to be picky, there wasn't much pepper evident in the sauce. I opted for one of their "healthy no fat added" options - slices of duck magret with raisins and rosemary honey, which was yummy. Both came with a delicious herby mash and grilled tomatoes.

Desserts were a white chocolate tart with pickled orange peel, with lovely pastry, but where the citrus slightly overpowered the very creamy filling, and a mixed seasonal fruit sorbet of lime, strawberry & blackcurrant. They were lovely fresh sorbets, with bits of fruit in, but the lime really didn't go with the other two.

2 nice small coffees rounded off an evening where the only sour note was the service tailing off substantially towards the end, which was very irritating. When we finally got it, the bill came to 84,40E, which seemed reasonable enough.

(Just one word of warning - don't expect the non-smoking table rule to be vigorously enforced - the table next to us happily ignored it all evening!)

From journal A Weekend to Remember in Paris

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