If we missed you on our gastronomic world tour here, it's probably too late... But we've thought of everything. For latecomers, dazed and other overbooked Parisians, here are the best restaurants where you can still try your luck. Because after all, declaring your love in a sublime setting is priceless!
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For great gourmets: Saint-Germain at Lutetia
Regulars of starred tables and others demanding gourmets, we recommend the restaurant of the only palace on the left bank: the Saint-Germain in Lutetia. For Valentine's Day, the Chief Benjamin Brial concocted an exceptional menu including a glass of champagne, before moving on to a half-cooked foie gras, a langoustine bathed in a light bisque with coconut milk and lime, a delicious scallop roasted in semi-salted butter and finally the Poultry from the Cour d'Armoise (in puff pastry, pontoise cabbage, black truffle and pearl juice). To end on a sweet note, the establishment offers the 'Red rose', a baba infused with pomegranate extract, vanilla mousse, rose jelly & pomegranate sorbet... Exquisite dishes to enjoy under the artsy canopy of the restaurant. For a most successful romantic dinner, it is definitely at Saint-Germain that you have to go!
Valentine's Day menu prices : 185€/person.
Saint Germain at Lutetia, 45 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris. +01 (49)54 46 00 XNUMX XNUMX
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For lovers of fine poultry (and truffles): Le Coq Rico
On the occasion of Valentine's Day, Antoine Westerman concocted a special menu where the black Diamond will be in the spotlight, from appetizer to dessert. On this special day, the treasures of the barnyard that we taste at Coq Rico, will exhale an intense and refined flavor through this marriage with the Melanosporum truffle from Vaucluse. Carefully selected by the Chef in his stronghold, Grignan, this nugget will offer itself to you in its full season and its full aroma.
A la carte: chicken cream, boiled egg or pie as starters. Then, to continue, you will have the choice between the roast quarter of challans, the poule au pot or the tasty Risotto. To finish, fresh truffle ice cream or dark chocolate mousse and grapefruit marmalade – the only dish without truffles on the menu! – for those who will no longer be able to take this culinary orgy around this exceptional product. The meal can of course be accompanied by delicious wines chosen by the head sommelier... At Le Coq Rico, the Valentine's Day menu will give lovers wings and is sure to delight truffle lovers!
Valentine's Day menu prices : 80€/person.
Rooster Rico, 98 rue Lepic, 75018 Paris. 01 42 59 82 89
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For fans of fusion cuisine: Fanfan
Located rue Bayen in the 17th arrondissement, Fanfan invites you on a fine gastronomic journey between French and Asian lands. At the helm of the establishment, Julien Burbaud, ex-candidate of Top Chef. True passion for Asia (its landscapes, cultures and gastronomy) he brilliantly mixes the best local French products with those he discovers during his many travels such as different spices, Indonesian kaffir lime, Thai basil... This year, for Valentine's Day, Fanfan is offering a dinner in 6 sequences, to which are added appetizers and sweets. To start: lobster seasoned with yuzu, caviar lemon, black tile, Thai basil, black truffle and eryngii mushroom in a thin crispy pie, confit egg yolk then a delicious sea bass in a tom yam soup, yellow carrot, ginger followed by an A5 Wagyu Beef from Kagoshima Island… Sakura blossom and sweetheart mille-feuille to share will round off this exceptional meal!
Valentine's Day menu prices : 150€/person.
Fanfan, 18 Rue Bayen, 75017 Paris. 01 53 81 79 77
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To impress: Maison Blanche
White House stands out with a exceptional setting with a large terrace with an exceptional view of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. For the 14 February, the restaurant offers a most romantic evening. Tempura oyster, langoustine and veal loin, before finishing with a farandole of sweet delights... Chef Fabrice Giraud imagined a sweet dinner with the flavors and colors of love. This magical experience will be accompanied by little special attentions throughout the evening and the luckiest can even win a night at the mythical palace. Plaza Athénée !
Valentine's Day menu prices : 255€/person.
White House, 15 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris. 01 47 23 55 99
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… or The Bustronome
The Bustronome is a Parisian institution that we no longer present.
For Valentine's Day, declare your love in an original way... on board the famous bus for a unique gourmet journey! You can then enjoy a top-notch meal while admiring the most beautiful streets and monuments of the capital. On the menu for the evening of February 14, you can enjoy – in addition to a glass of champagne, 2 glasses of wine and 50cl mineral or sparkling water, coffee or tea – several exceptional dishes. Pressed foie gras and apricot chutney, sea bass carpaccio, pan-fried foie gras escalope, pistachio-crusted turbot fillet, duck supreme then neufchâtel and toffee apple to finish off in style.
Valentine's Day menu prices : 190€/person.
The Bustronome, 2 avenue Kléber 75016 Paris. 09 54 44 45 55
By Melanie Hroorakvit
