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Friday, July 02, 2010
BLEU BUT WARM
PARIS
The 11th keeps getting better.
I went to dinner with my favorite cheesemongers from Fromagerie Charonne (a.k.a. Autour du Fromage) the other night - they had a new place to show me in my old neighborhood. Who am I to say no?
po.za.da is visible from Boulevard Voltaire but tucked away on the tiny rue Guénot - you either know it’s there or it’s a lucky find. It’s not a cross-town-trek kind of place, but it’s a great addition to the offerings in the 11th and they’re making the right gestures to please the local crowd. The young chef in the tiny kitchen has the leeway to cook what he wants (the menu only exists on the chalkboard) and there’s an extensive list of good-value wines, available at a marked-down price to take home.
Sylvie, who’s ordered her steak “bleu but warm†gets exactly that and goes quiet for several minutes when it arrives. Daniel gets a burger and though I could care less about the Paris Burger Wars, I want to reach across the table for a bite - it’s wrapped in cured ham, topped with wide shavings of Parmesan and cooked like Sylvie’s steak. Pork chops ‘à la moutarde à l’ancienne’ means the mustard is whipped to a frenzy - a creamy puff as good on the chops as it is on my spuds and the salad. Chef also had the wisdom to let a sautéed girolle mushroom appetizer be just that.
Count on around 30€ with wine for dinner - lunch appears to be a good deal with 12€ appetizer/main or main/dessert options.
po.za.da - MAP
2 rue Guénot
75011 Paris
+33.1.43.70.63.24
Autour du Fromage - MAP

120 rue de Charonne

75011 Paris

+33.1.43.71.58.48
Glad that you liked it and that the food’s still good!
I feel like I’m missing something - which fruit juices are you referring to?
Thanks,
Joe
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Hi Joe, we stayed in the 11th arrondissement recently (6/29 - 7/7) and one of the restaurants recommended by our Hotel (Grand Hotel Francais)was Po.za.da. The food was so incredibly delicious that we planned to dine there again before departing…unfortunatley that didn’t happen. *Unorthodox Q: If you have any info as to how we can order the fruit juices, we would be most appreciative! Thanks and great site (which we stumbled onto whilst trying to find the fruit juices we drank in Paris; We’ll definitely use it for our future trips).
~Best