Having spent a large part of the day looking at Braque paintings, on Thursday evening we went to Macéo, a restaurant that looked quite interesting to us. What caught our attention was that it emphasised the use of vegetables, something that seems quite unusual in France. We arrived for our 8pm booking and were greeted in friendly style. The room is panelled with bevelled mirrors and has a Palm Court art deco ambience, quiet and with capacity to sustain conversation.
The waiter who produced the menus spoke perfect English and I have to admit, somewhat sheepishly that it was a relief. It really made the evening. We had already decided on a 3 course a menu formule, as are going for another meal next week which promises to be very interesting.
Having said all that we found the meal well presented, interesting but not too out of the ordinary in Australian terms but in French terms probably quite unusual.
We also felt that the courses came a bit too quickly. We were out of the restaurant in an hour and a half following a three course meal and a bottle of wine - La Soula 2007 made from Carignan, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. It comes from the Côtes de Catalan region of France near the Pyrenées and is grown in granite soil possibly similar to that of the Heathcote area of Victoria. Like a growing number of European wines it is organic.
It has been a warm day but this evening is humid, warm and generally unpleasant. It rained while we were in the restaurant and as I write this it is raining again so we got home just in time.
Our stroll back to the station led us down rue Molière and past a statue of same.
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