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Saturday, August 01, 2009
Staring Away From The Fresco
PARIS
I love a good place hidden in plain sight. I’d walked by La Fresque, smack in the center of Les Halles, 100 times before a neighborhood friend proposed dinner there a few years back. I still remember trying and ostrich steak for the first time – a perfect presentation to get you over the hump and make you want to try it again because you like it. I also liked the idea of everyone walking by, oblivious to a good find.
A little while ago, we went back for lunch and a 14-euro menu included a light pumpkin flan with a curry cream sauce and a decent steak. My friend, a stickler for a good chevre chaud salad, wasn’t doing cartwheels, but pronounced herself satisfied.
More than that, I liked sitting under the big awning, protected from the rain and watching the world go by.
La Fresque
100, rue Rambuteau
+33 (0)1 42 33 17 56
