How does an already noteworthy table become the stuff of legends ? Is it the chef, the cuisine ? Certainly ! Or the décor, a backstory ? Equally ! But upon occasion there is that rarer, more touching surprise of a simple address, the magic of a signboard. Suddenly the map, the restaurant as it were, regains the land. Among such legends in Paris, at 18 Rue Fabert, Esplanade des Invalides : Divellec.
1. The restaurant is open from Monday to Sunday from 12 PM to 1:45 PM and from 7.30 PM to 9:45 PM;
2. The lobster (No contractual picture)
To share
Tarama, smoked cod eggs 18€
Anchovies, marinated 16€
Sardine rillettes, lime zest 15€
Oysters specials, Boutrais Family (6 oysters)
Nº3/ Nº2 38€/40€
Sea food platter 90€/ Royal 135€
Langoustines, prawns, crab,
oysters specials Nº3/Nº2 (6 oysters)
Calques
Tuna, carpaccio, parmesan, Riviera condiment 38€
Sea-bass, carpaccio, green apple jelly, lemon caviar 35€
Sashimi
Sea-bass 36€
Salmon 26€
Tuna 38€
Caviar supplement 25€
Tartars
Tuna, onion & fennel, condiment potatoes 30€
Sea-bass, celeri remoulade, black sesame 38€
Salmon, sorrel herbs, cucumber 28€
Starters
Squid, carbonara 36€
Clams, gratinated, lemon thyme 34€
Tuna, crispy pastilla 38€
Frogs legs, parsley, cress 48€
Rock fish soup, rouille sauce 38€
Brittany crab, apple, beetroot 48€
Fish and noble products from the sea
Sole, butter fried or grilled, wild mushrooms 68€
Mussels, mariniere, curry 38€
Cod brandade, green salad 45€
Blue lobster from Brittany,
navarin potatoes 95€
Red mullet, bouillabaisse sauce 68€
Whole fish to share 18€/100G
Baby turbot, bearnaise sauce
Sea-bass, in salt pastry casing
John-dory, on Himalayan salt slab
Catch of the day
(Depending on availability)
Spiny lobster, smoked with rosemary 35€/100G
Blue lobster, grilled 30€/100G
Meat
Bresse poultry, wild mushrooms,
savory herb 65€
Garnishes
Vegetable Primavera, savory, ginger 18€
White asparagus & morel mushrooms,
comté, Yellow Wine emulsion 24€
Spätzle tarragon, kumquat, black garlic condiment 16€
Wild mushrooms, savory herb 18€
Pureed potatoes, smoked 14€
Cheese selection 25€
Desserts
1864, roasted almonds ice cream 18€
Chocolate soufflé 24€
Blanc Manger, strawberries & wild herbs 28€
Kiwi with green shiso pesto, vanilla Fontainebleau 22€
Rum Baba, grapes, candied citrus fruits 26€
3. At the Divellec bar
4. Special N°1 Oysters, watercress zabaione and Golden Caviar (No contractual picture)