L'Ourcine Restaurant in Paris

I ate at L’Ourcine in the 13th arrondissement with friend and wanted to share a few pictures. I read about L’Ourcine in “Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City’s 102 Best Restaurants” which I’m enjoying as an entertaining and insightful guide to eating in Paris.

I also found the restaurant and mention of its Chef, Sylvain Daniere, in a recent copy of food magazine Etoile that I just purchased. I ate at L’Ourcines with a friend and wanted to share a few pictures, the menu and a mini-review.

L’Ourcine met and exceeded my personal restaurant requirements for eating in Paris http://chezrd.blogspot.com/

Here’s my French and English interpretation of our meal:

Amuse bouche of Fennel mousse with baby croutons and a refreshing hint of heat from horseradish (I ate too fast to take a picture)

(Amuse bouche of mousse de fenouil avec des petits croûtons et un soupçon de raifort)

Beef tongue terrine with a mixed greens salad

(Terrine de langue de boeuf avec salade de Verts mélangée)

Calamari sauteed served with squid ink risotto and crispy fried garlic chips (I could have eaten a cup of these)

(Chiperons poêlé minute et risotto cremeux a l’encre de seiche et "chips" d’ail croustillantes (je pourrais avoir mangé une tasse)

Filet of black mullet with crispy skin over saffron potatoes and onions

(Mulet noir filet avec peau croustillante sur pommes de terre de safran et oignons)

Legs of rabbit in a fricassee stew style with oregano, whole cloves of garlic roasted in the skin (give me 10 more) and fresh French green beans

(Fricasse de cuisse de lapins relevé a la "origan" haricot verts fraise et les clous de girofle entiers d'ail rôti dans la peau (me donne encore 10, s'il vous plaît)

Quenelles of Guarana chocolate with a saffron creme anglais and crunchy orange tuiles.

(Quenelles de chocolat guarana avec crème anglais safranée et tuile croquant de l’orange)

Confit of fennel wrapped in crispy phyllo packets and a creamy white quenelle thing that I forgot because my taste buds were concentrating on the lovely fennel confit--Mary what was it?

(Confit de fenouil enveloppé dans paquets phyllo croustillants)

I should point out (especially since I'm a dietitian) that I didn't eat all this food. My friend Mary started with the beef tongue terrine, then rouget noire and finished with the fennel confit. She and I shared nibbles of our dishes with each other and decided we would return soon.

P.S. if your French is better than mine, please feel free to offer corrections!


Mini-Review:

Service: Warm, helpful and accommodating (readily exchanged a bottle of wine that was too young/acidic for our expectations)

Food: The pictures pretty much explain it all; I did add some sea salt to my squid risotto, but I’ve been cooking for French chef’s so my “French pinch” is affecting my taste buds--to read about a "French pinch" see blog http://chezrd.blogspot.com/search/label/Techniques%3A%20Using%20salt

Ambiance: Cozy setting with tile floors and intimate without being a crowded space

Price: Priced nicely at 32 euros for 3 item prix fixe—wine separate

Coordonnées : 92 rue Broca, 13th, 01 47 07 13 65 Metro: Les Gobelins or Glaciere, open for lunch and dinner and closed Sunday/Monday

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