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 : the Divellec.
1. The restaurant is open from Monday to Sunday from 12 PM to 2 PM and from 7.30 PM to 10 PM.
2. Blue lobster, wild herb salad, sweet sour vinaigrette
COLD STARTERS
SEA BASS, calque, green apple candies and pink berries – 36 €
6 OYSTERS N°2 regular, shallots condiment with Barolo vinegar – 36 €
WILD SALMON, CUTTLEFISH, TUNA AND SEA BASS, salt confit / Caviar – 45 € / 65 €
DAY-BOAT SCALOPPS, on the shell with cepes carpaccio – 48 €
HOT STARTERS
SQUIDS, carbonara style, egg yolk and Espelette chili – 28 €
CLAMS gratinated with butter, thyme and lemon – 28 €
3 OYSTERS N°2 warm watercress zabaione and sorrel / Caviar – 40 € / 60 €
TUNA, crispy pastilla with dry apricots, pistachios, beetroot pickles – 48 €
ABALONES « à la grenobloise » artichokes fricassée and capers – 52 €
NORWAY LOBSTER poached in star anise broth with aioli sauce – 55 €
FISH
SCALLOPS stir fried, curly lettuce and melba toast – 44 €
JOHN DORY, crispy buckwheat, oysters vinegar – 48 €
MONKFISH poached barigoule style, artichoke flower – 59 €
SOLE, walnut crust, salsify tagliatelle in yellow wine – 66 €
LOBSTER, candied potatoes, smoked with wild fennel – 75 €
WHOLE FISH
15 EUROS THE 3 OUNCES/100 GRAMS
WILD TURBOT from Noirmoutier, Béarnaise sauce
LINE-FISHED SEA BASS in a sea salt crust, citrus fruit
BLUE LOBSTER grilled or poached in yellow wine
SOLE, Meunière butter
BRETON CRAYFISH
depending on arrival
35 EUROS THE 3 OUNCES/100 GRAMS
CLAW, salad and Golden caviar
ANTENNA, autumn bouillon
HEAD grilled with coral butter
BODY roasted with wild fennel and brown butter
CHEESES
Barrate goat's cheese – 16 €
Gorgonzola – 18 €
DESSERTS
BROTHERS'S CHARTREUX Colonel – 22 €
PEAR WILLIAMS, vanilla Bavarian cream and spicy caramel – 22 €
BAKED APPLE, vanilla ice cream and caramelized tile – 24 €
CHOCOLATE « Opéra » Grand Cru soufflé – 24 €
CLEMENTINES, vanilla emulsion, glazed chestnuts – 24 €
MENU
LUNCH MENU
Starter, main dish and dessert
At lunchtime from Monday to Friday
49 €
DISCOVERY MENU
In four courses
At lunchtime from Monday to Friday
At dinnertime from Monday to Sunday
90 €
TASTING MENU
In six courses
At lunchtime from Monday to Friday
At dinnertime from Monday to Sunday
210 €
BRUNCH
Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 to 15:00
49 €
with a glass of Champagne Brut
65 €
Fresh juice
Hot drinks
Selection of bread and pastries, butter and organic jam
White fish carpaccio, lemon sap and pink berries
Soft boiled egg, wilted spinach and creamy mushrooms
Tuna, crispy pastilla with dry apricots, pistachios and beetroot pickles
Dessert
3. At the Divellec bar
4. Special N°1 Oysters, watercress zabaione and Golden Caviar