Pascal Barbot is a legend in Paris. I tried to go years ago in the old space. it was so small...never made it. recently he reopened not far away in a bigger space with new ideas. he has a chef from Maison which is one of my fave places in town, amongst many other changes. his business partner Christian still runs the front and they still source epic product and treat them super elegantly. If you told me the best bowl of rice ive had in the last 5 years was at a modernist French ace in Paris, id say you were crazy. but it happened. the purity of perfectly cooked koshihikari rice with their own mussel stock is worth it alone. wish I hadnt waited this long to finally go but I will definitely be back sooner rather than later.. read more