Paul is a patisserie and lunch place in the Izumi Garden complex where we live. If you think that it is rather an odd name for a Japan. It is not for Tokyo. This city is a awash with French and other bakery shops. These shops are almost as numerous as the restaurants, selling sweet and very sweet eats. For us it is special, since the original Paul in Paris, at the corner of St Paul and St Antoine was the local shop where we would buy our bagette and sweets when staying in the Marais.
Today we had lunch and reflected how our big fear, ordering food and shopping at the supermarket, was merely a creation of our minds. Actually as we ate our very Japanese, bagette and croissant sandwich we were very much at home, in our 'hood.
There are 2 simple restaurant each with a special attraction. The noodle shop is hosted by two hardworking staff. There are a total of 8 seats, nine if you squeeze. The menu is composed of noodles and noodles. You are welcomed by a happy smiling face of who speaks a very good English, serves, and cooks. Her colleague, cooks and constantly cleans the space.
Nearby, there is a bar-resto which attracted us with the offer of Happy Hours. Cheap drinks. Beer and wine were the same price as the soft drinks. The background music is cool jazz and the pizza is thin and delicious. Both of these spots gave us a feeling of home and neighbourhood.
We are really at home.
Marcel
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