Restaurants in Paris that serve pommes souffle

I Googled 'restaurants in paris that serve pommes souffle' and got lots of hits. Some times on Google you have to be real specific to get results.

Thank you so much for the quick reply, Nancy. But when I tried that all I got was souffle restaurants and no results for this specific way of preparing french fries that result in something heavenly! Thank you, Jean-David

This way of cooking potatoes, generally served with meat, is called "pommes Dauphine". (not pommes soufflées)

Two examples from Parisian restaurant menus:

https://www.restaurant-astier.com/en/menus/

(Filet de bœuf Simmental sauce au poivre, pommes Dauphine Astier 42,00€)

Or:

https://www.levillaret-restaurant.fr/menus-carte/

(Lièvre à la royale, pommes dauphine 50,00€)

Thank you very much for your reply and attempt to help. That is actually not the type of potato preparation Im speaking about.
Pommes dauphinois has something close to mashed potatoes in it. Pommes Souffles are not filled with anything but air!
Jean-David

jcoen,
I know the potato dish of which you speak. Yes, they are called Pommes Souffles. I have made them according to Julia Child's recipe in her book "From Julia Child's Kitchen", 1975 edition (copyright 1970). The potatoes are cut into planks, with the corners cut off, then deep fried twice. They do puff up and are light and airy, and absolutely delicious! And Pommes Dauphinois are made from mashed potatoes. They are yummy also, and very similar in looks and taste. I prefer the Pommes Souffles. Both preparations are labor intensive, so I don't make them very often. As any souffle-type food, it is last minute, so no fun for the hostess who wants to enjoy the aperitifs with her guests!

Alas, I know of no restaurants where one can find them. I have only had them at dinner at the homes of our French relatives, or chez moi.

I have seen Jacques Pepin prepare them on one of his television shows, but some years ago. He makes it look easy; but then, he's Jacques Pepin! I hope you find them. If you do, come back to the forum and tell us where.

Bon voyage et bon appetit!

Oops, sorry!

Yes, it's actually not the same recipe and more difficult to find because it's more difficult to cook, it's a side more offered in high-end restaurants

To make up for it, I found this one which is supposed to have it on the menu:

https://boeuf-couronne.com/en/page/steakhouse-paris.19247.html

Pommes Dauphinois are made from mashed potatoes

Pommes Dauphinois is made with layers of sliced potatoes baked with cream and garlic.

Pommes Souffle is what the OP is seeking. They are made from very thinly sliced potatoes, two sandwiched together with cornflour and egg white and then deep fried until they puff up into little spheres. Very cheffy and quite time consuming which is probably why the OP is struggling to find somewhere to try them, after all it's so much easier to make pommes frites.

By the way, if you change the title of your post to something that people might search on they may find it when they do a search, and may have more interest as they scroll the Forum. You name, and doctorate, while important to you may mean less to a person searching the Forum.

To distinguish the spud recipes, JC is referring to gratin pomme dauphinoise or gratin dauphinois, while JoLui is referring to pommes dauphines. The OP is searching for pommes soufflées. Such an abundance.

Sorry to have introduced some confusion with these pommes dauphines

The "Pommes dauphinois" which in fact is called in French "Gratin dauphinois" (and sometime "Pommes à la dauphinoise") comes from "Dauphiné" a region in the south east of France, it's slices of potatoes first cooked in milk and then baked in the oven with creme fraiche and butter.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Gratin_dauphinois.jpg/1280px-Gratin_dauphinois.jpg

Anyway, this is not what the OP is looking for since he is looking for "pommes soufflées", like here:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Pommes_soufl%C3%A9es-Madrid.jpg/1920px-Pommes_soufl%C3%A9es-Madrid.jpg :))

If anyone, even I, can cook a gratin dauphinois, the "pommes soufflées" require some skills, temperature control, cooking times and a specific type of potato, hence the difficulty of finding it in restaurants

See below the pommes soufflées miracle:

Good luck!

https://youtu.be/KcD-CAKVmp4

OMG! I know exactly what you are talking about. I had them in 2016 at Le Violon d'Ingres in Paris on Christmas Day (so it may have been a "special"). I remarked to the waiter how wonderful they were and wondered how on earth they could be prepared. In about 10 minutes, he actually returned with detailed instructions! First, you must buy a certain kind of potato from Belgium (!) Then, they have to be cut a certain way and deep fried to a certain temperature. They are then removed from (the fryer?) and again deep fried but to a different temperature! As you can see, I tuned out somewhere after having to buy potatoes from Belgium. My son, husband and I still talk about those incredible potatoes and the seriousness that the waiter took at my question about how they were made. Le Violon d'Ingres also, according to my son, has the best millefeuille in all of Paris. I hope you find them! Let us know, please.

Try contacting Le Grand Restaurant Jean François Piège to see if they have them. The dish is time consuming and requires precision to make so if you find it in Paris, it will be at a higher end restaurant. You may want to change your heading to something like "Looking for Pomme de Terre Soufflée in Paris." I clicked on your post by accident. I think you are limiting the number of people who might be able to help you by having your name as the title of the post. I normally only click on posts that I think that I might be able to help with or learn something from and your name would indicate neither to me and I wonder if that is the same for most people on this forum.

So I looked at the menu provided by an earlier poster for. Boeuf Courrone restaurant and they have this dish on the menu as a side dish for very expensive beef e.g. Chateaubriand.

If all else fails, you can go to New Orleans and order them at Antoine's.

https://antoines.com/

I strongly suggest the restaurant "Le Bœuf Couronné" mentioned above, not only for its "pommes soufflées" but for its meat dishes.
It's a restaurant specializing in meat dishes that has existed in Paris for almost 100 years. It is located in this district of Paris where the former slaughterhouses of La Villette were located which is now a concert hall La Grande Halle de la Villette. The restaurant is a survivor of neighborhood modernization.

Besides, on an old Street View shot you can see the potatoes arriving... LOL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9migb361S5vUzZHHA

... and the pommes soufflées are actually on the menu and on the tables

https://maps.app.goo.gl/s54CCynsmWD44x3VA

jcoen,
JC is correct about Pommes Dauphinois. I meant Pommes Duchesse when I made the comparison to Pommes Souffles. Desolee!
As I age, my French vocabulary is shrinking!

I get mine Saturday morning at the Marché d'Auteuil in the 16e. Not a restaurant, but they sure have them.