Help With Dinner Reservations...

I am working on my backpacking trip in Europe and need help with a few things. My main thing is finding one restaurant where I can take my girlfriend to dinner.

Quick facts:

She%26#39;s never been to Europe, I have

I LOVE French cuisine (I work in a Bistro, my parents own a restaurant)

We are both huge foodies, we%26#39;ll travel just to eat sometimes.

We love wine and cocktails with dinner.

We%26#39;ll try almost anything, we love being fully involved, from street food to $600 meals.

So here%26#39;s the deal...I need a place that will run be no more then say 130EURO w/ wine. I%26#39;d spend more, but we%26#39;re college students, we%26#39;re on a budget and Paris is our first stop so I definitely cannot blow all my money on one meal. I DO NOT want to go somewhere thats too nice because i%26#39;m not taking a coat, or a tie and my girlfriend isn%26#39;t taking nice dresses either.

Does this sound good? Finding a place thats exactly 130EURO isn%26#39;t the most important thing, we want good AUTHENTIC Parisian cuisine. Oh yeah, we love to sit for hours over a bottle of wine :)

This has got to be doable right?

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My recommendation would be to spend some time at your local bookstore perusing a few guides - Pudlo, Zagat, Access, etc. - for restaurants that would be appealing to YOU.

To my knowledge, there is no such thing as %26quot;AUTHENTIC Parisian cuisine%26quot;.

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Well ok maybe i%26#39;ve been misinformed with the %26#39;technical%26#39; terms so to speak. Bottom line - We want authentic French cuisine.

I%26#39;ve got a few books but nothing really restaurant specific - i%26#39;ll have to fins a Zagat book for Paris..

When I say authentic I mean from the decor to the food, etc. - not a modern restaurant doing edgy cuisine (which I love), but traditional French.

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I am in your situation (backpacker AND food traveller) and picked La Régalade after a lot of reading around. It is rated number 9 out of thousands right here on TA. Its more a bistro, but sounds that the food is as typical french haute cuisine you can get and also abundant. And cheap too (54 euros for the most expensive menu).

tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d7…

Can%26#39;t wait to try this one!

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