Giusi > wrote:

> If Paris is in your plans I have no hesitation in recommending "L'Ambassade
> de'Auvergne"

Yes, now that the daughter of the house has taken over the reins, the
restaurant has been improving again.

> which is not very far from Place des Vosges on the Arts et
> Metiers direction. The star dish I think is the warm lentil salad big
> enough to serve the whole table and good enough to recreate and share with
> the world.

Salade tiède de lentilles vertes du Puy. Yes, it is very good.

> I did not liuke the famous mashed potatoes with cheese,

With garlic, too. It is called aligot and I like it.

> nor the
> pot au feu,

You've been there on a Monday, then. It is when they serve pot-au-feu.
It is not really the dish to order there. One should stick to their
regional specialties. Stuffed cabbage, cabbage salad, cabbage soup with
roquefort, saucisses d'Auvergne with aligot, or beef from Salers are
better bets.

> but the rest of the food was terrific and it wasn't expensive
> (for Paris.)

And there are some wines which are hard to find elsewhere, such as the
white Saint-Pourçain and the red Chanturgue.

Victor