Anahi
  • 24
  • Apr
  • 2009

Anahi is an Argentine restaurant in an old pork-butcher’s shop. It’s full of fashion and media people and gives you a bohemian feeling.

Of course the meat is juicy and tender , the empanadas are the way they need to be and the South-American wines are full-bodied.

Anahi, 49, Rue Volta, 75003 Paris, tel +33 1 48878824, M° Arts et Métier – Temple

Breizh Café
  • 24
  • Apr
  • 2009

French crêpes with a Japanese twist, washed down with Breton cider. A new kind of crêpes experience.

Believe it or not, it works.

Even when you have a hangover from the last night, you can have a nice brunch on Sunday with your sunglasses on and unshaved.

Breizh Café , 109, Rue Vieille du Temple, 75003, tel +33 1 42721377 Paris, M° Filles du Calvaire

Chapelle de la Médaille Miraculeuse
  • 23
  • Apr
  • 2009

In 1830 saintly Catherine Labouré was said to have been visited by the Virgin, who gave her a medal that performed miracles.

This kitch chapel – murals, mosaics, statues and the embalmed bodies of Catherine and her mother Superior – is one of France’s most visited sites, attracting two million pilgrims every year.

Reliefs in the courtyard tell the nun’s story – and slot machines sell medals.

Couvent des Soeurs de St-Vincent-de-Paul, 140, rue du Bac, 75007 Paris, M° Sèvres-Babylone.

Cake and Couture at Hôtel Le Bristol
  • 22
  • Apr
  • 2009

Paris’s fashion shows are some of the most prominent in the world, and every year designers and their entourages fly in from across the globe for a week of fashion, fury and media hype. But unlike the boutiques it is not easy to catch a fashion show unless you know the dates and have the right connections. Which is where the Hôtel Le Bristol steps in.

set on the exlcusive rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré the hôe has teamed up with its haute couture neighbours to offer Thés à la Mode – a lip-smacking afternoon tea (most Saturdays 3.30-5.00 PM) accompanied by a top-end fashion show for just 55 Euro.

Guests are fed tea, cakes, desserts by pastry chef Laurent Jeannin ( a different one each week inspired by the designer on show) , gourmet sandwiches and a parade of models dressed in new collections. The whole show is satisfyingly sophisticated and surprisingly unpretentious and take place in the bar ( reservations : 01 53 43 43 42).

(Source : Time Out Paris -Spring 2009)

Hôtel Le Bristol, 112, Rue Fbg St Honoré, 75008 Paris, tel 01 53 43 43 00, M° Mirosmenil – M° Franklin-Roosevelt