Le Monde lists the best restaurant in each Paris arrondissement

Interesting cultural difference? I looked up the first entry on the list - Ravioli Nord-Es - expecting an Italian restaurant? It's Chinese, serving mainly what we in the US might more commonly call dumplings or potstickers, along with some salads and soups. :O)

Epopée sounds really good. I'll be staying in the 11th, so I'll check it out and report in.

-- Mike Beebe

A slight correction to your thread title - Le Monde does not at all call these the best restaurants in each arrondissement. Rather, the headline reads restaurants that are worth going out of your way for. In the article, the author further defines that they were looking for prices with good value for money, and “where you can satisfy your gluttony without getting ripped off.”

A big difference than saying that something is an arrondissement's best restaurant!

Personally I wouldn't eat at a Thai restaurant in Paris nor Ramen or Italian or any other cuisine. Why? There are literally millions of great brasseries everywhere where you can simply walk in and get a great meal at any time. I never bother seeking restaurant recommendations. I simply look at menus and pick a place as I'm walking. Never had a bad meal.

thanks for the clarification, Kim - now I can use the list. I avoid expense and your new translation fits me much better. Many thanks

I would have gone back and edited the thread title, but thought it might become too verbose. Anyway, the list is clearly intended for locals, as opposed to visitors, but that’s no reason for adventurous tourists not to seek out those reasonably-priced-restaurants-that-are-worth-going-out-of-one’s-way-for.

As for the notion of eating non-French food in France: why not? French people do it all the time. And then there are those with dietary restrictions, e.g. my husband, who can’t eat red meat or fried food or anything too rich (our visit to Lyon was a challenge; we ate ramen there several times).

I looooooove a good ramen, and right now am at the Vietnamese place on my street waiting to pick up a takeout order for my husband and me. One can not live on boeuf bourguignon alone (well at least I can't). One of the advantages of a big city is being able to enjoy all kinds of cuisines.

Our "tired but hungry" go-to is usually a doner kebab place. We've gratefully fallen into those in France, the Netherlands, and Poland, and probably more countries I can't think of right now.

Here's to variety, especially when it's cheap and fast!