Saturne
Add: 17 Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, 75002 Paris
Tel: 01 42 60 31 90
Hours: [Mon-Fri] 12-2:30pm, 8-10:30pm
Website: www.saturne-paris.fr
Price: [lunch] €45 [carte blanche] €70 / €135 (with wine pairing)
Visited: Jun 2015
A very good lunch at Saturne. This modern restaurant is the joint effort of chef Sven Chartier and sommelier Ewen Lemoigne, offering creative cuisine and natural wine in a beautiful space filled with blonde wood and plenty of natural light.
Saturned offers a three-course lunch set (€45) as well as a six-course carte blanche (€70). We ordered one of each to share, so the following photos are a mix of both menus. It all started with this “maquereau / cerise / pickles”, mackerel, cherry, and pickled onions drizzled with olive oil and bergamot oil.
“Tartare de boeuf / pistache / herbes et fleurs de printemps”, beef tartar with pistachio, Spring herbs and flowers.
“Poulpe a l’encre / fenouil & epinard / citron amalfi” – octopus ink, fennel & spinach, Almafi lemon.
“Lieu jaune de ligne / chou pointu / feve & petit pos /poutargue“, line-caught yellow pollack, pointed head cabbage, broad beans and green peas, bottarga.
“Canard de Challans / carotte-moutarde / asperge blanche & arroche”, Challans duck, mustard carrot puree, pumpkin seeds, white asparagus and red orache.
“Betterave / rhubarbe / sureau”, beetroot in a mousse-like tube, poached rhubarb, chevre sorbet, and elderflower.
“Baba au rhum / creme vanillee / fruits rouges”, rum baba with vanilla cream and red fruits.
“Chocolat / menthe poivree”, chocolate and peppered mint.
To finish, an espresso with some madeleines. Lunch at Saturne was a lovely experience, with each plate being a pleasant harmony between different flavors and textures. The only dish that I could complain about was one of the main courses, “cochon de Bigorre” (not pictured as it’s basically the same as the duck dish in terms of condiments and plating) was a bit dry, and perhaps the last chocolate dessert was too big (though some people might love it for the portion)…but all in all this meal was a fun and memorable one. Worth coming back to.
