Le 7ème Vin

"Is there any other food but French food? Isn't all other food just something we live on because we are not French?" - Alton Brown, celebrity chef. 

Although I do not agree with Mr. Brown, I think I have to agree that French food is truly amazing. I thought this quote would go along with my next finding in Paris: Le 7ème Vin. 

Mom and I were walking from Les Invalides, towards the Tour Eiffel and looking for a place to eat that looked nice and wasn't ridiculously expensive - quite hard in that area, let me tell you. Since it was close to midday, lots of restaurants offered the "formules", which is essentially a deal of a choice of determined plates for a set price. I love formules - obviously - but they always make me eat more than I was planning to. 

Le 7ème Vin

So, strolling down and doing our research (isn't the part of looking for a restaurant almost as exciting as actually choosing one?), we ran into this cute little red bistro. Looking at their chalkboard, we found out the "formule" of an appetizer and a entrée cost only 13.50€! And they seemed to serve very typical French cuisine. On we went, and we were not disappointed. 

The inside was almost as cute as the outside, decorated with red and white checkerboard towels over the tables and wines on the walls. Even though the space was really small inside, I never felt like it was tight, but rather cozy. 

By the time we sat down at our table, my mom and I already had in mind that we wanted to make that experience as French as possible - we wanted beef bourguignon (yes, I had to google that)

Yuum

As a starter (in French, entrée), I ordered a roquefort salad. What I got was melted roquefort on top of a toasted french bread, and in the middle some lettuce with a weak vinaigrette. 

I am not complaining though. I love blue cheese - when my brother and I were little our favorite dish was pasta with a Gorgonzola sauce that mom makes. So, the roquefort was creamy and delicious, all melted on top of that crunchy toast... yuuum. First dish: approved.

The main dish was the beef bourguignon we were dying for. And this was worth it. The meat was falling apart with the touch of the fork, just a little bit of pink on the inside so the it was cooked to perfection and the sauce tasted amazing. It was served with tagliatelle, which didn't have any particular taste and fitted in perfectly with the richness of the meat. We paired the whole meal with red house wine, and its flavor went perfectly with both our dishes. 

YES! 

 The entire meal - two formules and the wine, which was around three glasses each of us - cost 40€. I thought it was a great deal, given the ambiance of the restaurant and the food. Plus, we got kind of tipsy which was really fun afterwards (never thought the Eiffel Tower would be so amusing to look at)

City: Paris, France
Restaurant: Le 7ème Vin
Food: Great
Service: Good
Price: €