Sometimes I travel across the capital following an invitation to discover a nice neighborhood bistro, to soak up a different atmosphere, to travel through the senses, because I love change and above all discovering new places.
The restaurant Le Stendhal, created by Mr. David, is located near Place Gambetta and offers, in the evening, cuisine from elsewhere in a warm and friendly atmosphere with Latin music and ti’ punch on the program.
The place is especially worth the detour for its friendly atmosphere, its very welcoming team, and its cuisine with world flavors.
Particularly in the evening, when Le Stendhal takes on exotic colors, by offering dishes from elsewhere: beef mafé, braised chicken, lamb colombo, eggplant caviar…
For an aperitif, I advise you to taste the homemade exotic cocktails like the Punch Dakar (€4.50 – white rum, red bissap juice from Senegal) or the 3Ti’ Punch (€4.50 – rum, lime, cane sugar). They are delicious and well-balanced, for a very reasonable price compared to those charged in Paris.
For appetizers, we tasted a small assortment of different dishes: cod accras (€5.50) Caribbean-style, pastels (fritters filled with Caribbean-style tuna stuffing with a fried onion tomato sauce), and avocado féroce (€5.50).
As for the main courses, we turned to things a bit more typical, like the Chicken Yassa (€15 – onions macerated in lemon, marinated chicken, white rice) and the national Senegalese dish, Thieboudieune (€16 – rice with fish and vegetables).
I prefer to warn you right away, the portions are very generous and you are very likely to have eyes bigger than your stomach, like us that evening…
If you come for lunch, it’s clearly more traditional for fans of “bistro” cuisine (steak-frites and mixed salad).
The tip: the restaurant really practices affordable prices; in fact, in 2013, the internet community of the site LaFourchette voted Le Stendhal number 1 in the “anti-crisis restaurant” category.
Le Stendhal 30 rue Stendhal - 75020 Paris open every day, from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM and from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM Metro Gambetta
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