Alain Senderens Restaurant Review
9, place de la Madeleine 
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75008 Paris France
01 42 65 22 90
Métro: Madeleine
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch & Dinner dailyFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Air conditioning
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Dressy
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 A name change (Lucas Carton became Alain Senderens) and a new style usher in a new beginning for Senderens. On your plate you'll find Moroccan style sardines (yes, they're on the menu!) with strong notes of cumin, while a simultaneously served gazpacho is tempered by a garnish of tomatoes and pesto. Cèpe mushrooms prepared three ways (raw, with a poached egg) are innovative as is the veal tartare. Langoustines with rice noodles, a truly inventive preparation, is certainly destined to become a permanent fixture. Scottish salmon lightly smoked is brazenly served with a fiery, whiskey-diluted mineral water. The combination is surprisingly merry even, it must be said, with the side of ice-cold ribbons of Thai spiced cucumber that come with the dish. Roasted cod with a chorizo cream sauce suggests the Iberian Peninsula while the Javanese curried lamb with mango and lemon grass speaks of Asia. Just back from Shanghai, Alain Senderens imagined a pigeon stuffed with rice noodles, black mushrooms and ginger, first poached then deep fried. Today, the dish is made with Racan pigeon, crab meat and Qi Lan tea, reaching a perfect balance between flavor and texture. Monkfish and Spanish mussels in green curry is delightfully exotic. Farmhouse Saint-Nectaire cheese and fine slices of raw cèpe mushrooms is redolent of the countryside. Desserts are the grand classics of the erstwhile Lucas Carton: chocolat soufflé, a savarin cake imbibed with punch, and a rose-perfumed macaroon. Each dish is offered with its wine but without any obligation. Despite the redecoration of the dining room, the Majorelle-style Art Nouveau woodwork remains (thankfully) present, yet tables and chairs are in storage---no doubt one day they will be used again. For the moment, neither tablecloths nor porcelain exhibit the slightest luster of luxury. Service falls a bit short of seamless. Upstairs, the bar Le Passage suggests dishes such as lobster with vanilla and spinach and veal and scampis tartare with Chinese vermicelli, and attractive wines by the glass at a more accessible price. A la carte count on €85 (without wine). With suggested wines, around €120. A hefty sum, surely, but in light of the atmosphere and the context, it's an opportunity not to be missed.
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