Les Cocottes

Taking advantage of a cold, snowy-sleety night in Paris, I was successful in getting a seat at Les Cocottes de Christian Constant. There has to be some advantage to being Canadian, and braving the cold and snow to get a seat in a crowded restaurant seems to be one of them. It's a long, narrow room with a limited menu. Most of the dishes are prepared en cocotte – in small cast-iron lidded pots. Obviously not the excellent roquette salad with a poached egg and lardons coated in something like reduced balsamic vinegar. But the main of a crusty cabillaud sitting atop a bed of well roasted potatoes and carrots in jus de viande acidulée. The special of the day was rabbit in a rosemary broth. I also saw a wonderful looking roast chicken haunch on a bed of risotto. Scallops were served with endive in a bubbling mass of butter foam. As one review said: you can eat healthily here, or not. Take your pick. Well worth the effort of getting there.
133 rue St-Dominique (7th Arr) +33-1-45-50-10-31