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 1:45 PM and from 7.30 PM to 9:45 PM.
2. Blue lobster, wild herb salad, sweet sour vinaigrette
COLD STARTERS
6 OYSTERS N°2 REGULAR, shallots condiment with Barolo vinegar – 28 €
SEA BASS, calque, green apple candies and pink berries – 36 €
WILD SALMON, CUTTLEFISH, TUNA AND SEA BASS, salt confit / Caviar - 45 € / 65 €
DAY-BOAT SCALLOPS, on the shell with fresh black truffle – 58 €
HOT STARTERS
SQUIDS, carbonara style, egg yolk and Espelette chili – 28 €
CLAMS gratinated with butter, thyme and lemon – 28 €
TUNA, crispy pastilla with dry apricots, pistachios, beetroot pickles – 34 €
ABALONES « à la grenobloise » artichokes fricassée and capers – 42 €
3 OYSTERS N°2 warm watercress zabaione and sorrel with Caviar – 48 €
NORWAY LOBSTER, exotic chutney and his ginger cappuccino – 55 €
FISH
SALMON cooked at low temperature, sweet cauliflower, curry sauce - 46 €
RED MULLET, potatoes and butternut “hard candy" – 58 €
SOLE, walnut viennoise, Arbois yellow wine salsify / Black truffle – 62 € / 86 €
DAY-BOAT SCALLOPS, leeks and potatoes, bardes emulsion and black truffle – 72 €
LOBSTER, candied potatoes, smoked with wild fennel – 85 €
WHOLE FISH
SOLE, Meunière butter, around 20 ounces/600 grams – 82 €
15 EUROS THE 3 OUNCES (100 GRAMS) / 25 EUROS WITH BLACK TRUFFLE
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
BRETON CRAYFISH
depending on arrival
35 EUROS THE 3 OUNCES/100 GRAMS
CLAW, salad and Golden caviar
ANTENNA, winter bouillon
HEAD grilled with coral butter
BODY roasted with wild fennel and brown butter
CHEESES
REFINED CHEESE from Marie Quatrehomme cheesemonger – 16 €
GONGONZOLA by the spoon – 18 €
DESSERTS
GRAND MARNIER Commander with comfit orange sorbet – 18 €
BROTHERS'S CHARTREUX Colonel with fresh mint sorbet – 18 €
APPLES, thin pie and Bourbon vanilla ice-cream – 22 €
CHOCOLATE « Opéra » Grand Cru soufflé – 24 €
CLEMENTINES, vanilla emulsion, glazed chestnuts – 24 €
PISTACHIO, génoise, wild strawberries, thyme and lemon sorbet – 26 €
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