My Canh - Paris 13th

My Canh

84, rue Baudricourt

75013 Paris

Tél : 01 45 70 87 36

Closed on Mondays

Metro : Tolbiac


















The Pitch
A restaurant run by Cambodians of Chinese descent, that serves a mix of Asian cuisines (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese). Quality food in a nice atmosphere. This is a place to come with a light heart for an easy, honest meal, in a warm and friendly environment.

The Meal

Mussels with basil


















Fried rice and Peking chicken














Eel


















Thaï Flan

La Cuisine de Chez Moi - Paris 9th

La Cuisine de Chez Moi
14, rue Richer
75009 Paris
Tél : 01 44 83 95 51
Open every evening
Métros : Cadet, Bonne Nouvelle























The Pitch
An unusual chinese restaurant; I had a little trouble learning to like it. It took three visits for me to really love this place. A friend who was a fan convinced me to return, and I had a great time: I ate well – good food for a good price!























The Meal
Deep fried shrimp


















Tripe with chinese sausage.


















Frog's legs with fish and vegetables

















We also had Dan Dan noodles and lamb with cumin on a platter.

Fong Lai - Paris (75011)

Fong Lai
24, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
75011 Paris
Tél : 01 47 00 05 32

Closed Sundays

Food is served from 12h to 15h and from 19h to 22h30, but the restaurant is open nonstop.

Métros : Oberkampf, République

The pitch
A restaurant from Hong-Kong open for 20 years. You could be stopped by the general outside aspect but don't get wrong : everything is cooked here, the kitchen is in the back, you see a bit what's happening over there and you can hear food being fried and suddenly the meals come and find their place behind the small window.

You can order by phone and come to pick up your meals.

The restaurant

It's a small place where there is a big turn-over without being crowded. It's in a quiet part of the Jean-Pierre Timbaud street, people come but don't cluster together.

The large clientele is a guarantee the freshness of the meals, if there would be a need to confirm it.

Actually it's a whole family here : the grandmother, her daughter and her own husband and their daughter.

You can easily recognize the grandma with her apron, always quick, her daughter and her granddaughter are very friendly and a bit more specialized in the service :)

The clientele is quite diverse, let's say from 20 to 55 and you can feel people like to come here. It's a popular spot that remains quiet.

The meal
Chicken pineapple, fried noodles and eggplant with shrimp.

It's a bit fatty, but honestly nothing to complain about, it's saucey but we don't care, it's good.

It won't stay on your stomach all afternoon. It's well done, everything rules, that's a nice lunch break.

The verdict
A place which is good to know, especially when you walk in the neighbourhood at lunchtime for example, especially for those who work in the quarter or if you wanna eat a bit before going to a show at the Bataclan club. Not the tip of the century, but effective and honest.

I have heard a lot about the specialty they serve on Friday, but I haven't tried it myself : salmon with coriander, it's a little more expensive than the usual daily meal, but we're speaking about less than 7 euros. Apparently "ça part comme des petits pains" (they're sold very quickly) so the usual clients reserve their meal the day before or the same morning.

Deux fois plus de piments - Paris (75011)

Deux fois plus de piments (twice the chilli)
33, rue St-Sébastien
75011 Paris
Tel : 01 58 30 99 35
Open every evening
Closed for lunch on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday












Note of March 16 : please keep in mind that the place is still a great option as you read on.
A couple amongst my friends got sent away last Friday.
So here are two additional details :
- you have to book on Friday and Saturday
- there’s a student on the floor and the bosses are in the kitchen. So when something doesn’t go according to plan there is no manager to rectify it. There’s two of them rotating on the floor and one is more ‘on it’ than the other.
On one occasion I ate the whole of my meal by a table of 4 that hadn’t been cleared, I wasn’t too impressed. I asked her if she intended on clearing, she replied that: no.
I think that other people coming here for the first time might have been put off…

The original review of March 4 :

The restaurant
Located on rue Saint-Sébastien, it was opened by a young couple. They are both in the kitchen and a young woman, not always the same one, helps them out on the floor (she can sometimes be a bit lost but in general things run ok). He came to France at the age of 21 and learnt to cook in China with his family who apparently includes a few ‘cordon bleus’. So this is family cooking as opposed to what you learn in books (not that I have anything against the latter but when you’re dealing with the first it shows in the plate).
It is also quite different from other Chinese restaurants or caterers where the owners don’t have the finger on the suppliers or the menu. Here it’s the parents who loaned the money to make it possible. The result? A young clientele Chinese or otherwise and a smile-inducing cuisine to share between friends.

The meal
As you may guess from the name, it’s spicy! You’ll be served specialties from Szechuan, one of the 8 great Chinese cuisines, well-known for its spiciness.
Saying that, there are a few ‘easy’ dishes so don’t hesitate to ask for advice.

Starters
The time I brought my camera along they had run out of raviolis but they have to be tried: an absolute treat!

Cold beef salad









Cold noodles









Spicy beef soup









Oops, I forgot the exact name (but it’s beef and it’s good)









And the ending was beautiful too : €24 per head for all that plus 2 sticky rice and 2 big bottles of Tsing Tao (65cl).
Next time I’ll taste the two dishes in the middle of the menu, the ‘Mao’ (another beef soup) and the ‘Mix’ which is a vegetable assortment served in bowls.

A very good venue that also happens to be young and friendly.

Exotic

Here, in world cuisine, I wrote down Italian, Spanish, Indian, Serbian, Mexican and more exotic food. Basically, any non French nor Asiatic cuisine will be listed here : a mix and match of good restaurants as well as small bites.
This list beeing continuously updated.

ASIAN (MIXED ASIAN CUISINES)
75013 - My Canh

CHINESE
75009 - La Cuisine de Chez Moi
75011 - Deux fois plus de piments

COLOMBIAN
7514 - Casa da Gusto

HONG KONG

75011 - Fong Lai

INDIAN
75010 - Yaal Indian Café

ITALIAN

75003 - Augusto
75009 - Trattoria Spaccanapoli

JAPANESE

75002 - Michi
75006 - Azabu

LEBANESE

75015 Feyrouz

MEXICAN
75015 - Casa Palenque

PORTUGUESE
75009 - Churrasqueira Galo

SPANISH75020 - Chez Ramona

TAÏWAN

75009 - La Lune de Jade

THAILANDESE
75013 - Lao Thaï
75013 - Thai-Vien

VIETNAMESE

75013 - Pho Mui
75013 - Vy Da
75013 - Yuan Xin
75017 - I love bobun
75019 - Chez Kim