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| The small kitchen at Table d'Aki |
Several years ago I went to a fabulous new restaurant
in Paris called Hiromatsu, a small,
intimate place lauded for the inventive French cooking of its Japanese chef. The
day of our visit I savored course after course of artfully presented dishes,
and was wowed by the talent of Hirotoshi Hiromatsu. In fact, I was so enamored
of French fare prepared with subtle Japanese accents that my husband and I
returned to the restaurant when it moved across town to larger quarters in the
16th arrondissement.
Last winter when two different friends, both enthusiastic
food lovers, mentioned that I should try Sola, a new Left Bank place headed by
another Japanese chef, Hiroki Yoshitake, I didn’t waste any time reserving for
lunch. The meal was so special that I featured the restaurant in the Out and
About section on my website in February.
This summer while in the French capital, a young
American couple who live and work in Paris and who adore the Japanese chefs there,
suggested that we book at La Table d’Aki, a recently opened spot
