Dolce Vita sur Boulogne-Billancourt

03/12/2024: Nonos et les Comestibles: Paul Pairet's high-end brasserie at Le Crillon, a very nice balance between sophistication and relaxation. What an idea to go to Crillon in the middle of the Olympic Games, with the Arena Concorde right next door! But the police help us navigate through the numerous barriers, and we finally manage to enter this magnificent palace. Nonos is on the ground floor, just past the lobby. It is both a beautiful room, and also an interior terrace. The weather is nice, we opt for the terrace. It is cozy, shaded by the walls of the hotel, beautiful garden furniture and greenery, very successful. Nonos is the brasserie of Paul Pairet, the three-star chef whose flagship restaurant is in Shanghai, and incidentally a Top Chef jury. An original, relaxed and talented character, all characteristics that we find in the menu, as in the service. It’s indeed a brasserie menu, but high-end; we love this combination of relaxation, efficiency, and sophistication. We start by sharing starters. First, grilled padrons with pine nuts, these typical little Spanish peppers, and leeks with hazelnut vinaigrette, verbena and fresh mint. Then a magnificent gruyere soufflé, served in a cast iron dish turned upside down in front of us; it is without flour or gluten, and the waiter adds cheese with a siphon to fluff it up well; the cheese flows when cut, delicious. As Nonos claims to be a rotisserie, we take the slice cart, meat cooked for several hours Texan barbecue style; and “Nonos” obliges, accompanied by a generous marrow bone. Our other dish is a tasty grilled veal rice with juice, accompanied by grilled vegetables with pine nuts. Everything is both simple and refined, delicious and perfectly executed. We finish with a chocolate soufflé, also “inflated” with chocolate from the siphon, and the team’s favorite dessert: a very light cream tart, thin flaky pastry. With coffee, aperitif, wine, paying 160 Euros per person for such an experience at the Crillon seems almost reasonable! Instagram @restowhim

30/11/2024: Magnificent moment! The place is very beautiful and not stuffy, the spaces are pleasant and the dishes are very pretty. The service is impeccable, professional but not too over the top and extremely kind. Regarding the food, it was delicious. The meat dish is incredible and the starters and desserts are also a marvel!!! The wine, on the other hand, is good but really very (too) expensive. I recommend!!