You say lager, et je dis oyster
While Anglo cultures continue to pay homage to the idea of beer and peanuts as the ideal tonic to workaday drudgery, the French are a little classier in their mitigation of mid-week misery. On the Rue Marché St Honoré, L’Ecume’s expert staff is kept busy shucking and decanting oysters for the city’s stylish working hordes. Formerly a basic poissonnerie, the corner store has evolved in to an oyster-cum-wine bar, dishing up plates of salty ambrosia to the chosen few lucky enough to score one of three high tables behind the register. Oysters from all over France are sold by the dozen and half-dozen, while a formule of six plus a glass of wine will see you change from a tenner. Those with richer appetites and more expansive credit can plump for langoustines or stock up on marinated herring, tarama and smoked salmon to-go.
6 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
Tel: 01 42 61 93 87