Viens goûter les plaisirs culinaires à La Gazelle. Situé à Place des Ternes 9 rue Rennequin, 75017 Paris, France, Paris 17e Arrondissement, nos portes sont ouvertes aujourd'hui, prêtes à saluer pour une expérience gastronomique exceptionnelle. Avec une note de 3.5 et 65 des commentaires élogieux, nous sommes une visite incontournable pour les amateurs de cuisine.
Merci anaïs pour cette découverte cosmique, et surtout merci fatiha!
My family and I wanted to dine away from the touristy areas, and stumbled across La Gazelle quite by chance. The street is quiet and facade humble, while the interior is West Africa circa 1985. The patrons are primarily West Africans, which we took to be a good sign. While the service was not world class, the wait staff were friendly enough and efficient. The food was abundant in terms of portion size, and was well prepared. The chili paste on the homemade bread is not to be missed, while the deviled prawns are also exceptional.
Sophisticated African dishes and interesting place and dinners and a palate adventure with unusual meets and dishes
Right next door to our hotel (Hotel Monceau Wagram) and a great choice for our first meal in Paris. This was lunch, and they had the usual midday "plat" specials. We were the only non locals eating there and it became very lively with many Camerounian friends of the owner dropping in for lunch. The owner and waiters don't speak English, only Camerounian and French, so my French came in very handy for ordering. I had the Camerounian blackened fish which I enjoyed.
We had just arrived on an early plane from Singapore and after a "complicated" arrival process at Charles de Gaulle we unpacked at our hotel - Monceau Wagram. Just next to the hotel was La Gazelle. Nice decor, reasonable service, good value for money on the three course lunch special. Good entrées (stuffed crab and a vegetable salad). Plats - excellent ebony fish with fried plantains (Camaroon speciality) but ginger chicken poor (over cooked and small piece of tough chicken also very small). Nice creme brulee dessert.
After experiencing Padron, the tapas restaurant in Budapest, I decided to launch a systematic study to explore whether advertised authenticity has any value for the actual customer, or is it a simple trick to win more visitors and more money... or is it a declaration of the type… like “Prelude and Fugue” or “East Coast Rap”, in another dimension of art. Now, and therefore, I decided to shoot for restaurants which I felt will be authentic… Thus, two weeks ago, I visited “La Gazelle” a Moroccan restaurant on rue Damremont at the 18eme in Paris, on the perimeter of Montmartre. Even though, I am fairly familiar with Moroccan food, I immediately realized that fair judgement of authenticity can only be made by the indigenous, which, I am not…, …during the years I became homeless… in other words world-wide nonindigenous. But!!! The food was excellent. We tried a “Couscous maison” and a “lamb tagine” with sweetened plumes. The roasted chicken in the couscous was prepared in a way, that the skin was thin and crispy, while the meat remained soft and juicy, something that requires a lot of experience. The soup, which came with the Couscous as well as all other items were excellent in presentation and taste. The lamb was soft and just enough fried to provide a somewhat caramel taste mixing perfectly with the sweetened plum. Service is friendly and interior provides a homey feeling, all by an indigenous Moroccan family. Dessert was also authentic patisserie Moroccan. I was missing music, either live or recorded.The only problem is that I still cannot answer the question whether advertised authenticity has any value for the actual customer… the only statement I can make is that the value was there regardless and definitively! Try it!Next time, I’ll invite my Moroccan friends.
Just dropped by this place after a late night arrival in Paris.First of all I gotta say that I love a place which serves food even if its' 01 o'clock at night.The service is somewhat slow, and we had to manage with a lot of body language, as they did only speak little english, and we were equally unsteady with our french.Highly recommend their mashed sweet potatoes and fried bananas. Also loved their Cameroonian beer.
There were seven of us and we got there late on a Monday night but, hey, this is Paris where the great dining is open tres late. We were not in the least disappointed, everything from the salade with avocat to the potato "bon bons" (what I called them) to the grilled tilapia (we tore it apart!) and the highlight, the Ndole!!! what I especially went there for....would go back to Paree just for the ndole....ahhh... The ambiance was also wonderfull and the service was Paris/Africa style, meaning they don't rush you on either end, so take advantage of the ease and enjoy it.
