Best lunch for under 100 euros in Paris

[prixfixe]

First I thank all the contributors to Chow/France, I've learned a lot. My wife and I will be in Paris for 10 days, and we decided to take a good sample of the the best lunches available - and a couple of dinners - for under 100 per person.
So here is our schedule, beginning Feb 15:
Monday Carré des Feuillants 85 with beverages (water, wine, coffee)
Tuesday Pré-Catalan 85 (120 with beverages)
Thursday Sensing - dinner 65
Friday Ledoyen 88
Saturday Violon D'Ingres - dinner 50
Sunday Le Cinq 85
Monday Taillevent 80
Tuesday Rostang 95 with beverages

Would you like to place your bets? We'll keep you posted as we go along, with more or less details depending on your interest.
Cheers.

[theskyflyer]

Sounds fantastic! I am very envious. Look forward to reading your report on all of them.

[souphie]

I predict the first two or three will be the best. Not because they are -- they really aren't -- but because you will overload your palate and stomach. I would advise that you drastically reduce the number of meals. Not being afraid of contradictions, I would also add La Grande Cascade to your excellent list (85 wth drinks, dinner also).

[fanoffrance]

A three-course lunch every day works fine for me, as long as I eat very lightly in the evening (salad, fruit, or oysters) and for breakfast (coffee, juice, and toast or croissant).

[souphie]

Come on, lunch at Ledoyen, Le Cinq or Rostang really has nothing to do with a "three course lunch". Plus, you're an ogre.

[prixfixe]

Thanks for the advice, one can certainly have too much of a good thing. However, when you have only 10 days/year in France, I guess you have to go for it.
We're not first-time sailors, and we can take copious lunches much better than dinners. By the way, doesn't everyone? And we'll have dinner and breakfast just as fanoffrance said.
We'll pace ourselves, and watch for the overload factor.

[Maximilien]

Me think that if it's your last EVER FOREVER trip to Paris then, go for it, but I would keep some of them for the next few trips there.

anyway, enjoy. and don't forget that you can still find memorable food at tons of other smaller restaurants.

[souphie]

I think the important thing is to play it by ears. It's easy to cancel reservations and quite acceptable if it's done the day before.

[prixfixe]

see below

[Delucacheesemonger]

Souphie is probably correct, unless you possess Brobdingnagian appetites, but if you are still standing when you get to Rostang, be sure to get the huge quenelle, wonderful.

[plafield]

Can't wait to read all about it!

[prixfixe]

We did it. It was Carnival week, and appropriately so. We did drop two places from the list, Sensing and Taillevent. You were right in warning that it was too much for 10 days. And yet, it was perfectly doable, with no sickness and no decrease in our enjoyment as days went by. However, we were having just an espresso and croissant in the morning, and almost nothing for dinner.
I can't go into great detail about the food, because English is not my first language and many things we had were so elaborate that I couldn’t describe them in my language either. Also, to be frank, it’s hard to remember it all, fortunately my wife wrote down a small diary.
First stop was Carré des Feuillants. We went for the “toutes boissons incluses”. As we sat down, they brought champagne and three amuses in quick succession, one warm – a shrimp in a lovely crust – two cold, one of which was a small plate with fromage de tête de veau with lardon, rillette d’oie and a biscuit of foie gras mousse. Bread and butter were first class. For entrées, there was a wonderful lobster soup with mushrooms and a light feuilleté, and a trio of foie gras in three different ways, along with a light and good smelling white wine. Then came the deer (filet de biche) with foie gras, splendid, and the “veal nuts” with green asparagus and a truffled purée, all moistened with a beautiful Corbières and sparkling water. For closing we shared a plate of five excellent fromages and an elaborate chocolate/ice cream/black cherries desert, plus two espressos each and mignardises – small chocolates, etc. Service was warm and personal. The check was precisely as informed, 85 per capita, period. We left in a wonderful mood, singing I love Paris and wondering if this wasn’t the best deal ever.

[dietndesire]

Your English is surely better than most native speakers.