Au Pied de Cochon, gourmet cuisine at Les Halles day and night

There are some addresses that seem to have always been part of the Parisian landscape, and the brasserie Au Pied de Cochon is one of them. Established in Les Halles, a stone's throw from thechurch of Saint-Eustache, since 1947, Pied de Cochon is theplace to go for those in search of traditional French dishes that are truly naughty.

Day or night, you can sit out on the terrace to soak up the sun and the hustle and bustle of the neighborhood, or indoors for thefriendly atmosphere and the ballet of attentive waiters, in a delightfully old-fashioned setting that seems to have remained unchanged since the restaurant opened.

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Starters

French duck liver marble with black truffle
Celery, fruit chutney, toast
€25.50

Lobster bisque
Light cream, chervil
€18.50

Le Plateau des fêtes
3 Fines de Claire n°3 oysters, 3 langoustines
3 organic Madagascan prawns, 1 sea urchin
42€

Dishes

Beef fillet Rossini
Port sauce, black truffle mashed potatoes
39€

Roasted scallops with black truffle
Seasonal vegetables
38€

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Dessert

Pied de Cochon log
Vanille Bourbon, praliné
13,50€

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Le Pied de Cochon is, in fact, one of the last Parisian restaurants open 24 hours a day non-stop; a good address for night owls, revelers and other night owls, where it's perfectly possible to drop in and devour some cochonnaille in the middle of the night, after a movie or a wild night at the club.

As you may have guessed, the pig is king here, presented in all its forms, from feet to ears to tail. The Pied de Cochon pig's trotter is a must-try at least once in your life, served grilled (€22.50) with home fries and Béarnaise sauce, or stuffed Périgourdine-style (€26.50), with mushroom fricassee and pommes grenaille. We'll peel and suck every last crumb.

The Temptation of Saint-Antoine, the patron saint of pork butchers (€27), allows you to taste all the parts of this beautiful beast, usually neglected by gourmets but nevertheless oh so naughty: breaded tail, ear, snout and foot, to be savored with an orgiastic rattle.

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The more esteemed parts have, of course, their place on the menu: fabulous ribs of pork cooked for 14 hours (€25.50), melt-in-your-mouth, rib-eye of Tarn pig (€26.50), choice and quality meat, accompanied by morels from Maison Montalet and mashed potatoes as buttery as Joël Robuchon's.

Sausage, ham and other cuts of meat are also available as appetizers, in the form of generously garnished boards. The pig croquettes (11€), to be dipped in a light old-fashioned mustard sauce that offsets the fat of the meat, are perfectly addictive.

Of course, Pied de Cochon is open to more than just cochonnaille, and also offers seafood platters, mussels - including the Hortense-style moules-cochon, which really caught our eye - and meaty frog legs en persillade (19.50€), as well as traditional bistro starters, led by onion soup au gratin (9.50€). The incredible marrow bone (14€), topped with a fricassee of snails in garlic cream and which could have belonged to a dinosaur given its imposing, almost intimidating size, proves to be a delectable starter.

Naturally, this kingly feast is accompanied by a glass of red or white wine; the affordable Pied de Cochon cuvée does the job, and the wine list also includes many natural wines. The more adventurous will even indulge in the Pied de Cochon's famous vacherin (11€), but for our part, we gave up before the sweet stuff, on the verge of a food coma as the dishes were so generously served. We left the restaurant on a roll, but perfectly satisfied with our lunch at this legendary Parisian address.