La Maison Bleue sur Paris

12/03/2024: Beautiful, inventive and delicious food. This is an event restaurant -- we were here for over 4 hours and loved every minute. Pacing of the meal was great, but it's a lot! Counting (amazing) breads and five amuse bouches, we were served at least 30 distinct dishes. The wine pairings are a must, each one obscure enough to feel novel, somehow atypical for the varietal or elevating already lofty food; sometimes all 3. The meal was themed, but not in a way we found over the top or gimmicky -- it all works as food. Service is among the best we've encountered in 20 years of traveling to Paris, entirely professional but warm and unpretentious, even a tiny bit sassy. Our servers patiently indulged our desire to hear it all in French, even if at times we had to ask for repeat explanations. There was no part of the meal that disappointed. We celebrated a milestone birthday here and I'll treasure the memory for years to come.

01/03/2024: Very creative and delicious approach to french cooking