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Maceo is one of the popular Bistronomy restaurants for those who wants a taste of french Haute Cuisine on a budget. They have a couple of menus every day, the vegetarian at €30 with three courses and two choices per course, the three course daily special €38 with a choice of two entrees and three mains and the four course themed menu at €48 which is themed depending on the season.
Maceo is open Monday-Friday 12.00-14.30 and 19.30-23.00, Saturday 19.30-23.00.
Metro Palais-Royal right next to the Louvre Museum.
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Reviewed by Anders Zakrisson on 2008-11-15 Rating: 80%
Guests at Macéo arrives slightly later than L'Os a Moelle and Le Comptoir and it never fully filled up during our visit. As a result the service was very attentive and quick without rushing us being obtrusive. Macéo offers a a four-course fixed dinner for €48, a vegetarian for three-course €32 and the Discovery three-course for €36. The staff speaks excellent English in which the menu is also available. The other guests seemed to be mostly families out on a Friday night dinner.
We were served an appetizer of delicious chestnut cream while reading the menus and then it started with a rabbit salad. It was a little cold and bland at first but it really started to shine when I had sampled every part of it. It had sweetness and bite from figs, smoothness from a jelly, warmth and creaminess from a paté, resistance and texture from the meat and freshness from the salad. In a word, it was fabulous.
Our mains consisted of a duck with fig shavings and wild mushrooms and wild bream with beans. It was a complete and total enjoyment of everything that's good with the autumn. It was even more special for me though, it made me enjoy mushrooms for the first time in my life. The skin was full of flavours and the parsnips provided sufficient volume to which the mushrooms and chestnuts worked so well. The fish was one of the best cooked I've encountered, tender and brittle yet with texture and taste. It was served with beans and tomatoes which worked really well. An artistic pile of bread was served with the main courses, which was filled up as soon as they seemed to run out.
Just before the dessert the waiter cleared the table and combed off all bread crumbs. My choice was a poached pear with a vanilla and blueberry sauce, the flavours combined very well and the sauce had a slight texture which provided some contrast from the pear. The total landed on €134 for two persons with two glasses of wine each.
We were served an appetizer of delicious chestnut cream while reading the menus and then it started with a rabbit salad. It was a little cold and bland at first but it really started to shine when I had sampled every part of it. It had sweetness and bite from figs, smoothness from a jelly, warmth and creaminess from a paté, resistance and texture from the meat and freshness from the salad. In a word, it was fabulous.
Our mains consisted of a duck with fig shavings and wild mushrooms and wild bream with beans. It was a complete and total enjoyment of everything that's good with the autumn. It was even more special for me though, it made me enjoy mushrooms for the first time in my life. The skin was full of flavours and the parsnips provided sufficient volume to which the mushrooms and chestnuts worked so well. The fish was one of the best cooked I've encountered, tender and brittle yet with texture and taste. It was served with beans and tomatoes which worked really well. An artistic pile of bread was served with the main courses, which was filled up as soon as they seemed to run out.
Just before the dessert the waiter cleared the table and combed off all bread crumbs. My choice was a poached pear with a vanilla and blueberry sauce, the flavours combined very well and the sauce had a slight texture which provided some contrast from the pear. The total landed on €134 for two persons with two glasses of wine each.
