Bouillion Julien

 I Wednesday night I met up with some friends of Parisbreakfast

For dinner 🍽️ at Bouillon Julien. 

At 16 rue Faubourg Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement.

It was my suggestion actually.

The decor is in the Nancy School of Art Nouveau.

In other words, the interior is magnificent. 

Their motto is, ‘Here everything is beautiful, good and not expensive .‘ All absolutely true 👍

Prices on the menu seem not to have changed since I was here in 2020!

Bouillons began outside marchés like Les Halles.

Ladies, cooking on the spot and serving up ample bowls 🥣 of hot soup made from leftover vegetables & butcher bones from the market.

At a certain point these soupers came indoors, serving all the workers & shoppers and aptly named ‘Bouillons’.

Julien is one of the few bouillons still serving this authentic, hearty beef bouillon soup (9,90)

Bouillons have had a resurgence of late. Pigalle is the newest. What’s not to love ❤️ Hearty, ample food at reasonable prices in stunning decor. I even created a Paris Bouillon Map.

What we ate. My salmon choucroute lower right was delicious (14€). 

I told the girls NOT to get the steak/Frits with shallots, warning it would be tough and chewy. 

I was wrong. It was tender and delicious. I ate their leftovers for breakfast in a sandwich 🥪 next day!

Desserts were the usual suspects.

Classic and traditional.

Service was impeccable 👌 

I just got home from Sunday lunch at Art Nouveau Brasserie MOLLARD, a more upscale bouillon across from Gare Saint-Lazare.

Chocolatier Queen Shannon ordered us a dreamy dessert -

Omelette Norwegian (AKA Baked Alaska)Woo woo 🥳

Doused with Armagnac & set aflame 🔥

Have I sold you on trying a bouillon next time in Paris?

The tree 🎄at Galeries Lafayette was the cherry 🍒 on top.