Plekken in Tour Eiffel & Invalides

Alain Passard's three-Michelin temple to vegetables on rue de Varenne.

Whitewashed teppanyaki bolthole, chef Koji Aida's Paris-Japan grammar since 2008.

Gaël Orieux's quiet Michelin star, sustainable fish only, fifteen years running.

Forty-seat 7e bistro behind Musée d'Orsay, chef Patrick Plais's blanquette, lentil salad, chocolate mousse in a fruit-bowl.

The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.

Paris's oldest chocolate shop since 1800, Marie Antoinette's chemist's listed boutique on rue des Saints-Pères

Mathieu Pacaud's seafood Michelin star, behind the Esplanade des Invalides.

Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004, riz au lait that built a pilgrimage.

Frédéric Anton's two-star kitchen 125m up the Eiffel Tower.

The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

The Bernard Loiseau group's Michelin-starred Palais-Bourbon canteen.

Japanese-precision French classical pâtisserie on avenue de Breteuil, Saint-Honoré as the benchmark

Two Michelin stars, a Green Star, and surprise tasting menus.

Tomy Gousset's Michelin-starred neo-bistro near the Esplanade.