The Great Parisian Plate Debate

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Before dinner at Spring, Christian and I wanted to knock out a bar in the 18th. We took the metro to Pigalle and began wandering towards the restaurant. We didn’t see much of interest, and apparently walked too far. We found Fuxia l’Epicerie, and after checking the next few blocks, agreed that it was our best bet for the area. We didn’t realize until afterwards that we had crossed over into the 9th, an arrondissement that we had already finished.

Even so, I enjoyed it so much that I still wanted to write it up. Down the street is a full restaurant named Fuxia, and I take it that this is the sister deli that also has a few tables. When we asked to be seated for a drink the waiter said apologetically that we would need to get something small to eat. Fine. Slightly annoyed, we ordered a charcuterie platter. We shouldn’t have been.

While the selection was small, the Italian wine we ordered was only 15€ and extremely tasty, and the meat was exceptionally generous for the price. They only charged 4€, and it was twice the size and quality of others I’ve been served costing more than 10€. So, even though it doesn’t technically count as a bar for the GPD, I highly recommend this fine establishment. I was actually kind of disappointed that I had to leave for my dinner reservation, as I wanted to check out their menu. The inside was promising, and I would certainly go back for groceries as well.