Sublime

But

“The Montalembert.

I’ve heard the Villa Gallici is a nice place.” And so it proved to be—small, charming, and a two-minute walk from the cafés and other delights of the Cours Mirabeau.

Charvet.

Cigale Récamier;

Bâtard-Montrachet

We were taken to a suitably English address, the avenue Georges V, where there was (and still is) a restaurant called Marius et Janette. Even before sitting down, I could tell I was in a serious establishment, unlike anywhere I’d been before.

“Where are you going to stay in Paris?” “The Montalembert.

“If you permit, we might try with our dessert the closest thing Provence has to one of those Sauternes you Bordelais do so well. A glass of muscat from Beaumes-de-Venise.