A cool urban oasis in an unlikely part of town
This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to Paris The immediate area around Gare du Nord is hardly anyone’s top choice when booking a hotel in Paris. Unlike the trendy pedestrianised food and shopping haven abutting St Pancras on the other side of La Manche, this scruffy 10ème pocket has remained resolutely undesirable. When I heard that a fashionable four-star, child-friendly hotel had popped up within wheely distance from the Eurostar terminal, I was intrigued.
The menu he has designed here echoes the Mediterranean vibes with meze-style starters including an excellent caviar d’aubergines — his take on baba ganoush — and sweetbread and cognac samosas. We followed with black cod with zingy grapefruit and crunchy endive and an indulgent truffle risotto, topped off by cheesecake with pineapple and caramel.
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