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If you walk just a few feet, you' ll discover one of the loveliest public spaces in Paris. A perfect place to spend the afternoon looking at the trees on a warm spring day. Le Recamier is a Paris institution. Writers, publishers, journalists, cabinet members, members of Parliament lunch here throughout the year.
For several decades, Martin Cantegrit, a man born in the rough land of Quercy, has been making sure that his house stays on top. His son Mathieu is in the kitchen. Their food is traditional: foie gras, "jambon persille de Bourgogne" (it cannot be translated. It has to be tasted. You just need to know it is a type of charcuterie), the sea bass and salmon tartare, the fresh crabmeat cocktail. It is classic, but made to perfection.
4, rue Récamier. 7th. Tel: 01 45 48 86 58. Metro: Sèvres-Babylone