Paris's Most Difficult-to-Book Restaurant: Septime π
Ranked 11th globally in 2024 as a Michelin one-star restaurant, I had always heard while living in Paris that this place was particularly hard to book. π Ten years on, it remains just as elusive, with dinner reservations virtually impossible to secure. π I managed to snag a lunch reservation, which are also gone in a flash, within a minute. β±οΈπ¨ The lunch menu consists of 5 courses plus two amuse-bouches, with the option to pair with wines, all of which are natural wines. π·π₯ Having only tried the lunch, I can't speak to whether the dinner menu is significantly more impressive than the lunch, which I found to be just average in taste, especially considering the multitude of excellent restaurants in Paris. π½οΈ The first amuse-bouche and the second course were as salty as if a salt shaker had been overturned, π§ which was surprising given the chef's resume, which doesn't seem to indicate any Nordic influence. I wonder where this preference comes from. π€ If I can book a dinner reservation in the future, I might give it another try, but I likely won't return for lunch. ππ΄ #FrenchCuisine #MichelinRestaurantExploration #ParisGourmet
