The Great Parisian Plate Debate

32, Rue Ste Anne, 75001
Tel. 01.47.03.38.59

While the food at Higuma was very tasty, this review is less about this particular place than about the neighborhood centering on Rue St Anne. If you’re in the mood for reasonably priced Japanese, this is your destination.

Higuma isn’t a swank sushi place; it’s a dive noodle shop. In a plot twist that many Americans might find hard to believe, they don’t even serve sushi. There’s always a quickly moving line out the door and while there’s a dining room in the back, we requested stools at the counter.

Service was brusque and our waitress didn’t speak much French or English, but that didn’t much matter. We all got menus with different kinds of noodles and their fantastic dumplings. We watched our food being prepared right in front of us and were eating in record time.

While not trendy or delicate, it’s dependable and cheap. Next time you’re in the neighborhood and hungry you should definitely walk around and pick one that piques your interest. We forgot to take a photo of the bill, but the menus are somewhere in the neighborhood of 15€.