DINING OUT SEPTEMBER 2022
TITI PALACIO
Hôtlel The People Paris Marais. 17, boulevard Morland, 4th. Tel.0181224089. www.titipalacio.com
• Noon to 2:30pm and 7:30pm to 10pm • Closed Sunday and Monday • Average price: €35.
This open-air restaurant in the new Hôtel The People Paris Marais – a kind of youth hostel and hip hotel hybrid – definitely does not go unnoticed with its 500 sq. m. dedicated to food, drink and trendy DJ sets, in an exuberant jungle setting perched on the 2 floor of the hotel. Inside, at the heart of a kind of gigantic urban greenhouse beneath the 5-meter-high ceilings, a central 40-meter bar – the longest in Paris, we are told – trimmed with zellige tiles and green marble takes center stage. The 80 seats of the restaurant are scattered all around, some on the semi open terrace that is a pleasant place to enjoy the bistronomic cuisine of chef Lisa Desforges. The menu featured forgettable starters, however, since they were all sorely lacking in seasoning: the burrata from Apulia was unfortunately served with very bland purple artichokes (€12), while the raw meagre ceviche was drowning in tiger’s milk in dire need of salt, lime and hot pepper (€9). A half-hearted start that was quickly forgotten by the excellent veal with pureed carrots, wild St George’s mushrooms and apricots (€24) and the flawless cod aioli (€16), done to
