Thursday 17 – Friday 18 September 2026

After a day off to ease tired joints, Flashy is ‘encouraged’ back on the chainsaw to cut up the felled trees. And a jolly good job he did too.

Friday marked six months since we arrived in Paris, so a trip to Leclerc super store (always a fun outing) and a nice lunch in St Jean D’Angeley was in order. Le Scorlion Restaurant is tucked away near the (unfinished) Royal Abbey in the old town and is regarded as one of St J’s better restaurants.

We took lunch on the covered terrace, in a fairly full restaurant. Excellent staff and of course, most spoke faultless English. They offer two menu de jour – three courses with four choices in the entrée, main and desserts for 24€ and 32€. Not much difference so we chose the former.

Our choices were cold cauliflower soup with tandoori espuma and tuna rillettes with guacamole and basil oil; a perfectly medium cooked steak with mashed potato and jus and carpaccio beef tataki with spiced sweet potato and beef croquet; and for dessert a stunning carpaccio of caramelised pineapple brulee with a citron sorbet and praline chip and a white chocolate soup with strawberries and nut crumble. Glasses of Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc and a Cote du Rhone red were amazing. Coffee topped it all off and we staggered away amazed at the quality of the food; the perfect portion control and the price of 76€.

tuna rillettes with guacamole and basil oil
cauliflower soup with tandoori espuma
steak with mashed potato and jus
carpaccio beef tataki with spiced sweet potato and beef croquet
white chocolate soup with strawberries and nut crumble
caramelised pineapple brulee with a citron sorbet and praline chip
two towers of the Royal Abbey
le chat whisperer hypnotising a cat

Comments

  1. Graeme21 September 2026 at 00:02

    Nice food photos. The cat looks like it might have been stuffed?

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  2. Roger21 September 2026 at 00:18

    Hot day. it was a bit tired!

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