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Grannie Chez Naoto
Add: 27, rue Pierre Leroux 75007 Paris
Tel: 01 47 34 94 14
Hours: [Mon-Fri] 12~2:30pm, 7:30~10:30pm [Sat] 7:30~10:30pm (closed on Sun)
Price: [lunch] €23/menu [dinner] €36/menu
Visited on: Oct 2013
My first dinner at Grannie Chez Naoto was a rather bizarre experience. I found this Franco-Japonais restaurant on La Fourchette while searching for a place to eat near Le Bon Marché, and seeing that it had received good reviews, I booked away. When I arrived around 8pm, I found the restaurant completely empty (and it stayed pretty much this way as my friend and I were the only customers that night). The chef owner, a round-eyed Japanese man who looked about 50 in age, seemed genuinely surprised to see someone walk in, as if he never expected any customers on a Tuesday night. Mmhmm.
After a few moments of hesitation, we sat down to take a look at the menu – and I’m very glad we did because the dishes that came out throughout the evening were such pleasant surprises! We took the dinner formula (€36), which included an entrée, a plat, and a dessert. First came bulot persillé avec crème de céleri rave, whelk with parsley and celery root cream. It was a visually appealing dish with soft contrasting colors, and on the flavor side it was quite pleasant as well (but the purple chips were stale, unfortunately.)
Risotto aux crevettes, shrimp risotto. So rich in flavor, I couldn’t help but swoon in for spoonful after spoonful of this even though it was my friend who ordered it.