Entre Les Murs

New Favourite Restaurant

We went out for dinner last night to a restaurant that Janet spotted in one of our books, called Le Vin dans les Voiles (Cityvox, EatInParis).  It's fairly nearby, but on a side street off Exelmans (near the bridge where it crosses the Seine) so we wouldn't normally even walk by it.  From the outside there's not much to notice either; and inside is nice but unremarkable (except for the upholstered walls). 

Wine is the focus, and there seems to be a constantly changing selection.  A blackboard listed the "Vins du moment".  We asked the maitre d' for recommendations, and, unusually for a Frenchman, he offered us non-French wine, in this case a Chilean.  We chatted with him on the subject (haltingly - we seem to be losing our French rather than improving it) and he argued that it would be better for the domestic wine industry if the French were more open to overseas wine.  A very rational point of view but somehow surprising to hear from a French restauranteur.

The food was excellent too, and I almost dissolved in ecstacy over the foie gras.  I feel sorry for the geese, but it's really worth it.

posted 4.3.07