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Restaurant Alain Ducasse
25 avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
France
Telephone: +33 [0]1 53 67 65 00
Fax: +33 [0]1 53 67 65 12
Dining
The new spécialités of the Plaza Athénée Restaurant Brittany langoustines with
court-bouillon reduction and Oscietre caviar from Iran. Bresse chicken with
Albufera sauce. The "Plaisirs de table"? Turbot en tronçon with shellfish/shrimp
"bouquet" and parsley juice. Local lamb chops and saddle with the first
vegetables of the season.
Drinks
"Once upon a thousand and one appellations…" is the vinous tale masterfully told
by Gérard Margeon, head sommelier of the Groupe Alain Ducasse, and Laurent
Roucayrol, sommelier at the Plaza Athénée Restaurant. "A deliberately short and
balanced wine list, changed three times a year, and capturing the quintessence
of French winemaking and vineyards." A list designed to inspire dialogue between
oenologists, collectors or just simple enthusiasts, that celebrates the moment
of immediate pleasure that these perfectly matured wines offer. With each
bottle, a story told at precisely the right moment.
Service
"Serve neither from the right side nor the left, but only and always from the
best side," says Denis Courtiade, Dining Room Manager at the Plaza Athénée
Restaurant and an Alain Ducasse veteran of 15 years. A story and a set of
principles that never stops being revised and rewritten, creating an
unparalleled standard of service, at once exceptionally flexible, rigorous, warm
and convivial.
Like a composer, Denis Courtiade "uses his team's personalities to create a
tailor-made symphony for each table and each guest." Hence the unique protocol
drawn up for the shared "Plats à partager" (special presentation menu, special
plates, special ceremony) and the new uniforms designed by couturier George
Feghaly, based on the staff's collective definition of "the ideal uniform for
2005."
Opening hours
Lunch: Thursday and Friday from 12:45pm to 2:15pm
Dinner: Monday to Friday from 7:45pm to 10:15pm
Restaurant Alain Ducasse
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