Chef Pascal Barbot ! ***

Every year our school has a guest chef come to do a demonstration for our class, and to answer any questions we may have. This year, we were able to have Pascal Barbot from L'Astrance*** come ! How exciting ! He came last year as well. My chef and Pascal used to work together at L'Arpège. They were also both on Iron Chef Japan together a few years ago representing Alain Passard (which I still need to watch as it's sitting in my VCR player at home). My chef told us that when we see him, we wouldn't expect him to be a chef. He was right. Pascal is such a cute little man with a smile on his face all the time. He was super nice and demonstrated some fabulous dishes for us.





Fine lamelles d'avocat et tourteau à l'huile d'amande douce




Jus capucines




Petits pois, chorizo et capucines






Carré d'agneau grillé, choux "Duchy" et curry noir


Everything was so delicious. I loved the first dish since citrus, avocado, and crab are some of my favorite things, however, the last two dishes had a combination of flavors that were really different - I can't say that I have ever tasted anything similar. It was fantastic and definitely an unforgettable experience.

Pascal's restaurant L'Astrance*** only serves 28 covers a night and is open Tuesday - Friday for lunch and dinner. There is also no menu, and you have to book a couple months ahead of time. Having a restaurant like this has always been an amazing concept to me. Hopefully, I will have the pleasure to dine here this summer.

L'Astrance
Executive Chef: Pascal Barbot
4, Rue Beethoven
75016 Paris
01.40.50.84.40