Along a side street on Ile-St-Louis, practically in the shadow of Notre Dame is le Tastevin, a sweet and quintessentially Parisian restaurant. My mom and I initially discovered it on the most exhausting day of our lives: breakfast on the train to Versailles, late October meandering through the vast gardens, back to the city to Montmartre where we hiked up to the square then walked all the way back to our hotel on the Tuileries! At 10pm, dinner at le Tastevin was a slice of heaven. About 6 tables, we sat in the window with a bottle of wine. Bottles of wine, candles, and grape vines wrapped around a wooden trellis above our heads created the most charming atmosphere. I ordered a three-course meal highlighted by lamb shanks with haricots verts. The best part of the dinner was throughout the meal, the chef and his mother sat at a nearby table discussing the menu for the following evening.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Le Tastevin
Along a side street on Ile-St-Louis, practically in the shadow of Notre Dame is le Tastevin, a sweet and quintessentially Parisian restaurant. My mom and I initially discovered it on the most exhausting day of our lives: breakfast on the train to Versailles, late October meandering through the vast gardens, back to the city to Montmartre where we hiked up to the square then walked all the way back to our hotel on the Tuileries! At 10pm, dinner at le Tastevin was a slice of heaven. About 6 tables, we sat in the window with a bottle of wine. Bottles of wine, candles, and grape vines wrapped around a wooden trellis above our heads created the most charming atmosphere. I ordered a three-course meal highlighted by lamb shanks with haricots verts. The best part of the dinner was throughout the meal, the chef and his mother sat at a nearby table discussing the menu for the following evening.
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