Craving some crêpes? Head for Buckwheat, the Normandy Hôtel Le Chantier 's restaurant offering a mouth-watering menu of crêpes with a West Coast flavour! This ephemeral food concept awaits the inauguration of the Machefert Group's new 5-star hotel, and celebrates one of the pillars of French culinary heritage, reworked here with tasty recipes for all gourmands. A tribute to Normandy's past, too, with crêpes featuring flavours straight from the eponymous region.
On the menu, savoury buckwheat crêpes, made with quality products carefully sourced from 100% French producers, committed to the development of local, sustainable agriculture. And at Buckwheat, there are no outlandish recipes or extravagance: the crepes are presented very simply, and all have recognizable flavors, a little like one of Proust's madeleines. Organic flour from the Cotentin et Bessin region, Isigny butter, free-range eggs (for the wheat crepes)... The best of the best!
A menu that the editors were able to try out. As for the crêpes, we were tempted by a "Prince de Paris", with old-fashioned Paris ham, but also by a "Volaille", made with free-range poultry, white onions in lager, old-fashioned mustard cream and mustard shoots. Two beautiful, well-filled crêpes, tasty enough without weighing too much on the stomach, because you have to leave a little room for dessert!
And for dessert, a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a Tatin-style wheat crêpe with caramelized apples. A real treat! To accompany it all, two bowls of brut cider served in tea cups... An original way to enjoy cider, but ideal for accompanying crêpes. In fine weather, the house also offers a small, leafy terrace overlooking the Louvre. Takeaway meals are also available. In short, a great place to visit if you're in the area!
Location
Buckwheat
7 Rue de l'Échelle
75001 Paris 1
Access
Metro lines 1 and 7 "Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre" station, Metro line 14 "Pyramide" station
Prices
Les desserts: €3 - €8
Les cidres: €6 - €20
Les galettes au sarrasin: €14 - €16
Official website
www.hotel-normandy.com
More information
Open Tuesday to Saturday non-stop from 12pm to 6pm.