Thursday, November 4, 2021

A CHINESE FEAST ON AN UNLIKELY STREET

 

A TOWER OF THE ASIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CALLS OUT IN A NIGHTTIME CALM LIKE THAT OF A SMALL PROVINCIAL TOWN

As well, thanks to the excellent social services many residents are elderly or handicapped, and rarely dine out. 

Yet this restaurant has been here since 1986...
 

Asian music plays softly in the night. 

 La Mer de Chine
159 rue du Château des Rentiers 

Prestigious recommendations:

Madame Figaro and Gault-Millau

The mystery explained: 

As I sat at the back of the room I saw these young men consult the menu and took the liberty of photographing them. On leaving, I showed it them the picture and asked if they allowed me to include it in a description of the restaurant.


In the course of our cheerful conversation, they said that they were coming for the first time, because a friend who lived in the neighborhood's high praise.

Simon, who took up the family restaurant: 


Attracting clients to such an unlikely spot
is proof of excellence.

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