The Paris Visits The Paris Salon de L'Agriculture 2012

Valentine, The Poster Girl of the Salon

Olive Oil Producers of Balagne, Corisca

The Paris Salon de L'Agriculture, first held in 1870, is the largest agricultural exhibition in the world and is held annually at the end of February. In fact, the French call it, " la plus grande ferme du monde" which means " the largest farm in the world." All the regions of France are represented, showcasing their local foodways and cultural traditions. Pavilion upon pavilion, alley upon alley, the salon is an endless and dizzying display of foraging, cultivating, growing, raising, harvesting, curing, preserving, and cooking from each of France's regions and is the celebration of the bounty of their unique and diverse terroirs.

Aging Comté Cheese 4 to 24 months

Comté has been produced in the former "free country" of Burgundy since the 12th century when shepherds would spend the summer months with their Montbeliard Cattle in the rugged Jura Mountains, feeding them on the luscious tender grasses and alpine flowers. Since the grazing lands were so far from the towns, the shepherds would pool their milk to make huge wheels that would take months to mature and therefore could be stored in their remote huts until the end of the season when they were carried to market. The 110 pound wheels take up to 160 gallons of milk.

Making Comté Cheese From Franche-Comté 

Fresh from the cow, milk is poured into large copper vats where it is gently warmed. Rennet is added causing the milk to coagulate. The curds are then cut into tiny white grains that are the size of rice or wheat which are then stirred before being heated again for around 30 minutes. The contents are then placed into moulds and the whey is pressed out. After several hours the mould is opened and left to mature in cellars. 

Guérande Sea Salt From Southern Brittany

Meet Pierre Pereon: The Descendant of a long line of salt workers "Paludiers" from the Guérande salt marshes. Pierre wasn't intending to follow the family career, but his love of the environment brought him back to the marshes. As he says: " I chose this job first and foremost as a means of perserving and bringing life to a site that I know is very special." Sea Salt is obtained the same way today as it was in antiquity- natural solar-evaporation. When exposed to sun and wind, seawater evaporates, and course salt crystals remain. The salt is hand-harvested using the salt workers' unique, ancestral skills and hand tools passed down through the generations going back to the Celtics and Vikings.



 

 Naturally Course Sea Salt & The Flower Of Salt

The Guérande salt marshes are in Southern Brittany between the mouths of the rivers Loire and Vilaine, on the Atlantic Ocean. They form a very large wetland zone in western Loire-Atlantique and are sustainable and protected ecological wetlands preserved through the unique cultural heritage of saltworks. A natural, authentic, and traditional product,  sea salt is not only cleaner and better for you than processed table salt, it imparts greater flavor to the ingredients you season it with because of the natural occuring minerals, lack of additives, and the courseness of the actual crystals of salt.

La St Valentin à Paris!

We are now taking reservations for Valentine's Day dinner on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012. Spend Valentine's Day with your sweetheart in the City of Lights!

The Paris will be presenting a "Magnifique" Parisian five-course menu for $74.95  per person plus tax and a 20% service charge. Wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately. 
We are offering reservations throughout the evening, 
from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

FEATURING LIVE  MUSIC FROM "ST. BOHEME", FRENCH BISTRO MUSIC

Our regular menu is not available on Valentines Day.
All reservations will require a credit card guarantee at the time of the booking.
To make Valentine's dinner reservations please call 801-486-5585 

(Online reservations will not be available for Valentine's dinner)

Valentine"s Day Menu
“La Vie En Rose”
 
First
~ Sheppard's Farm Fresh Goat Cheese and Basil Ravioli, Ciroc Vodka  Sauce ~
or
~Thai Spiced Lump King Crab Cake, Mango Salsa, 

Spicy Miso Aioli~
~~~
Second
~ Salad of Butter Lettuce, Hass Avocado, Grapefruit, Fennel, Asparagus, Green Goddess Dressing ~
or
~ Lobster Bisque with Tarragon-Cognac Cream ~
~~~
Third
~ Pink Grapefruit and Champagne Sorbet, Pomegranate Seeds ~
~~~
Fourth
~ Pan-Seared pancetta Wrapped Loch Duart Scottish Salmon, Fresh Day Boat Scallop, Beurre Rouge, Whole Roasted Garlic, Shallots and Thyme, Manchego Potato Gratin~
or
~ Wood-Fired Oven-Roasted, Fresh, All Natural, Fresh Lavender Honey Glazed Chicken Breast, Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables and Arugula Salad ~
or
~Pan-Seared Filet of Prime Black Angus Beef  Oscar -Alaskan King Crab, White Asparagus and  Sauce Choron (Tomato Béarnaise), Roasted Fingerling Potatoes ~

Fifth
~Nougat Glaçé with Chestnut Honey and Pomegranate Seeds~
or
~Warm Molten Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Gelato~

Click Here To Download Printable (PDF) Menu

Live music from The
St. Bohème Trio at The Paris!
 

The fabulous trio that performed at The Paris last summer on our patio and on New Year's Eve will again be with us on Valentine's Evening and will play for your enjoyment throughout the night. 

Welcome 2012 in Paris!

Spend New Year's Eve in the French Capital- the City of Lights!

We are offering a "Night In Paris" on New Year’s Eve, including a five-course Parisian menu with choices and live French Café music by the St Bohème trio.

Live music from The St. Bohème

trio at The Paris!

The fabulous trio that performed weekly on our patio this past summer will again  be with us on New Year's Eve to celebrate the coming of the New Year.

New Year's Eve Menu

First
Oysters Paris - Fresh Pacific Oysters baked w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc, Spinach, American Sturgeon Caviar.
or
Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives.
~~~
Second
Celery Root and Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras.
or
Winter Citrus Salad, Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate seeds.
~~~
Third
Clifford Farms Soft Egg
and Fresh Ricotta Ravioli,
Sage Brown Butter.
~~

Entr'acte
Champagne, Thyme and Pomegranate Sorbet.
~~~
Fourth
Pan-Seared Gnocchi. Salsify, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts and Winter Truffles
or
Whole Oven-Roasted Loup de Mer - Fennel Stuffed Mediterranean Stripped Bass, Glazed Carrots, Fingerling Potatoes
or
Grilled Côte de Boeuf - 18oz Grilled Bone In Angus Ribeye, Truffled Celery Root Purée, Haricots Verts Amandine, Bordelaise Sauce.
or
Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence and Mustard Seed, Caramelized Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke and Tomme de Savoie Galette.
~~~
Fifth
Warm Molten Chocolate Cake, Armagnac and Raisin Gelato.
or
Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey

Our five-course menu is priced at $69.99 plus tax and a 20% service charge. We are offering reservations throughout the evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.


Our regular menu is not available on New Year's Eve.


Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited. Call today for more information and for reservations or Click here


French wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately.

Holiday Dinner Specials:

Lapin à la Moutarde - Braised Boneless Leg of Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan-Seared Gnocchi, Chanterelles Mushrooms, Chestnuts - $27.95
~~~
Plats de Côtes de Boeuf à la Bourguignone - Red Wine and Beef Demi Braised Beef Short Ribs, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots  - $29.95
~~~
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, Potatoes, White Wine and Juniper Berries;  Assorted Siegfried's Sausages and Charcuteries  (Knackwurst, Rauchchwurst,  Wienerwurst,  Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Salt Pork, Kassler) - $28.95
~~~

Thursday 8 December 2011

Joyeux Noël!

December's Holidays - An age-old tradition, a celebration of the winter season, when young and old, 

and family and friends come together gathered around the table in a warm and convivial atmosphere with soul satisfying food and good cheer. Join us in the festivities at The Paris!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes,
From all of us at The Paris!

Les Folies Bergères, Paris

Holiday Dinner Specials:

Lapin à la Moutarde - Braised Boneless Leg of Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan-Seared Gnocchi, Chanterelles Mushrooms, Chestnuts - $27.95
~~~
Plats de Côtes de Boeuf à la Bourguignone - Red Wine and Beef Demi Braised Beef Short Ribs, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots  - $29.95
~~~
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, White Wine and Juniper Berries;  Assorted Artisan Sausages and Charcuteries  (Knackwurst, Fleischwurst,  Wienerwurst,  Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Salt Pork, Kassler) - $26.95

Our Holiday Hours

The Paris is open seven days a week  throughout the holidays.

 The Paris will be open for dinner beginning at 5 P.M. on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

 

Holidays gifts from the 

 Paris! Give $50 and receive $10.

Purchase a $50.00 gift card from The Paris and receive back a gift certificate for $10.00 to dine with us!!!
( For every $50 incremental gift card purchased, receive an additional $10 certificate!
$50 = $10 ,$1,000 = $200)

La Belle Époque

The Holidays always remind us atThe Paris of  Europe's and Salt Lake City's Golden Age from 1871-1912, when "the joy of  life awoke in all the social classes, the time of new extraordinary and sensational things, the time of optimism and cheerfulness." 

This glorious period inspires our ambiance and our conviviality at The Paris!

Le Moulin Rouge, Paris

 
Welcome 2011 in Paris!

Spend New Year's Eve in the French Capital- the City of Lights! We are offering a "Night In Paris" on New Year’s Eve, including a five-course Parisian menu with choices.

Our regular menu is not available on New Year's Eve.

Our five-course menu is priced at $69.99 plus tax and a 20% service charge. We are offering reservations throughout the evening,
from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited. Call today for more information and for reservations or click here

New Year's Eve Menu

First
Oysters Paris - Fresh Pacific Oysters baked w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc, Spinach, American Sturgeon Caviar.
or
Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives.
~~~
Second
Celery Root and Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras.
or
Winter Citrus Salad, Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate seeds.
~~~
Third
Clifford Farms Soft Egg
and Fresh Ricotta Ravioli,
Sage Brown Butter.
~~~
Entr'acte
Champagne, Thyme and Pomegranate Sorbet.
~~~
Fourth
Pan-Seared Gnocchi. Salsify, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts and Winter Truffles
or
Whole Oven-Roasted Loup de Mer - Fennel Stuffed Mediterranean Stripped Bass, Glazed Carrots, Fingerling Potatoes
or
Grilled Côte de Boeuf - 18oz Grilled Bone In Angus Ribeye, Truffled Celery Root Purée, Haricots Verts Amandine, Bordelaise Sauce.
or
Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence and Mustard Seed, Caramelized Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke and Tomme de Savoie Galette.
~~~
Fifth
Warm Molten Chocolate Cake, Armagnac and Raisin Gelato.
or
Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey
~~~

Click here to download the New Year's Eve Menu in PDF version.

(Adobe Acrobat required to open file)

Click here to download acrobat (free download)

La Maison Latour Revient au Paris!
Maison Latour Comes Back to The Paris!
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 at 6:30 P.M.

Homage to the Wines of Maison Louis Latour

The Paris will be honoring the Burgundy region of France and more specifically the wines of  The Maison Louis Latour, which has been selling and making wines since the 17th Century!!!

 We will be featuring a seven-course seasonal menu with Louis Latour wine pairings. Guillaume Akouka, from Maison Louis Latour, will be our guest of honor and will be talking about the wines from Burgundy throughout the evening.

The cost of the menu will be $49.00 and the wine pairing will be available for $49.00, tax and service charge not included.

Please call 801-486-5585 to make a reservation

The Menu is as follows:

Menu

Latour Pouilly Fuissé 2009

Caramelized Onion and Niçoise Olive Tart with Fresh Thyme
(Pissaladière Niçoise)

Savory French Choux Pastry Puffs with Comté Cheese
(Gougères)

Oven-Baked Pacific North West Oysters with a Pouilly Fuissé Sabayon
(Huîtres du Nord-Ouest Pacifique Gratinées au Sabayon de Pouilly Fuissé)

Simmonet-Fèbvre Crémant Rosé

Chicken Liver Terrine with Marc de Bourgogne
(Terrine de Foies de Volaille au Marc de Bourgogne)

Latour Montagny Premier Crû 2009

Braised Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan Seared Gnocchi,
Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts
(Lapin à la Moutarde, Cnocchi Parisienne aux Girolles et aux Châtaignes)

Henry Fessy Moulin à Vent 2009

Clifford Farm Egg Poached in Red Wine Sauce with Grilled Crouton ,
Glazed Cipolline Onions, Lardons and Paris Mushrooms
(Oeufs en Meurette)

Latour Chateau Corton Grancey 1999

Braised Beef Short Rib à la Bourguignonne, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots
(Plat de Côte de Boeuf à la Bourguignonne, Purée de Cèleri Boule, Carottes Glacées)
 
Latour Montagny Premier Crû 2009

Artisan Raw Milk Époisses Cheese
(Époisses Artisanal au Lait Crû)

Apple Tart Tatin, Crème Fraîche
(Tarte des Demoiselles Tatin, Crème Fraîche)

Sunday 13 November 2011

THANKSGIVING AT THE PARIS

From Chef/Owner Eric DeBonis

At The Paris, one of our goals has always been to showcase local, indigenous foodstuffs, crafting meals from the bounty of the season's local harvest, using native products as much as possible. Again, this fall we are excited to feature many ingredients that owe their culinary existence to the Native Americans who gathered and cultivated them; like pine nuts, wild mushrooms, berries, corn, pumpkins and winter squash, turkeys, potatoes, yams and quinoa.
This Thanksgiving come and celebrate our native autumn bounty here at The Paris with a local harvest banquet among family, friends and neighbors.

The Paris is taking reservations for Thanksgiving Dinner on
Thursday, November 24th, 2011.

We will begin seating at 4:00 p.m. and will serve until 9:00 p.m.
The price is $49.95 per person, children under 12 - $19.95

Click here to Reserve, or call 801-486-5585 today for
reservations as space is already limited!





The Menu is as follows:

Prélude
Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Flatbread with Thyme & Gruyère

Soup and Salad
Roasted Pumpkin and Caramelized Apple Soup
***
Salad of Mesclun with Pumpkin Seed Goat Cheese and Pomegranate

Fowl
Utah Wight Family Farms Free Range Turkey Rôti (Brined in Apple juice and Sea Salt, Native Spice Rub, Stuffed with Sage and Garlic, Calvados Thyme Jus and Roasted Chestnuts)

Accoutrements
Purée Blanche Ravioli (Turnips, Parsnips, Celeriac, Potatoes and Onions)
***
Cranberry Compote with Candied Oranges and Maple Glazed Pecans
***
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Yams with Cipollini Onions, Garlic and Thyme
***
Cauliflower and Brussel Sprout Gratin
***
Quinoa, Fresh Herbs, Shallots and Roasted Pine Nuts

***
Corn Bread With Honey Butter

Desserts
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Roasted Chestnuts and Honey Gelato
or
Caramelized Apple Stuffed Crêpes, Calvados and Crème Fraîche


Click here to download the Thanksgiving Menu in printable, PDF version

Homage to the Wines of the Maison Louis Latour

The Paris will once again be honoring the Burgundy region of France and more specifically the wines of The Maison Louis Latour, which has been selling and making wines since the 17th century!

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2001 at 6:30PM, we will be featuring a seven-course seasonal menu with Louis Latour wine parings. Guillaume Akouka, from Maison Louis Latour, will be our guest of honor and will be talking about the wines from Burgundy throughout the evening.
The cost of the menu will be $49 and the wine pairing will be available for $49


Gift Certificates For The Holidays

A Paris gift certificate is always the right size, the perfect color, and the one gift people look forward to exchanging! Order yours by telephone anytime and we will gladly mail it directly to the address of your choice. Or stop by the restaurant and we will assist you in person.


Holiday Parties at The Paris:


 
It is not too late to schedule a private or corporate holiday party for the 2010 holiday season. The facilities at The Paris can accommodate intimate gatherings of 10 to 34 people in The High Desert Room (Exclusive Private Dining Room) and grander scale events of up to 100 people in the Main Dining Room and adjoining Zinc Bar. Customized menu options and a diversity of pricing levels are available to suit your specific needs.

The Paris Bistro on Local TV!!!

Our very own Emmanuel was featured on ABC4's Good Things Utah demonstrating how to make a  delicious Peach Tarte Minute with phyllo dough and local peaches!

Check it out!

The reason for natural, organic, local agriculture

Below is a French/German documentary (Arte/La Cinq) exposing the chemical giant Monsanto, its scandalous practices and its taking over the world agriculture by making farmers big and small dependent on its genetically modified organisms and fertilizers... An eye opening film indeed... Please invest some time, watch the ENTIRE documentary and share with your families, your friends and your acquaintances....

After watching this, you will have no more doubts as to why we keep a couple vegetable and herb gardens right here in the neighborhood, and why we buy our products for most of the year with the very people who sell at the farmer's market, long before the market opens for the season and long after it is gone. Thank you for watching!

Best Baguette in Paris

Numbered Baguettes awaiting blind tasting by the judges

The French definitely LOVE their baguette... undoubtedly more so than their own flag!!!

Bread and baguette is such a serious business in France, that votes for the best take place annually, during which the best are announced and subsequently earn the right to placard the very coveted title on their front door and their "vitrine" (store front window). There are best boulanger (baker), best ouvrier de France (best craftsman in France) etc.... Best baguette in Paris is a consecration for a boulanger, especially since there are boulangeries in every street corner

Check it out...

Thursday 31 March 2011

2011 Salt Lake City Weekly reader's  choice for Best French!!!

We are absolutely elated! We thank the SL weekly readers, our customers, our friends, our families and our staff, most of whom have been with us since the day we opened! 

Sea Salt, our other restaurant was also voted 2011 Best New Restaurant by the Salt Lake City Weekly readers! Check it out - click here
 

Click on text below to enlarge

LA SAINT VALENTIN A PARIS!!!

We are now taking reservations for Valentine's day dinner on Monday, February 14th, 2011.
Spend Valentine's Day with your sweetheart in the City of Lights!

The Paris will be presenting a "magnifique" Parisian five-course menu for $69.95 per person plus tax and a 20% service charge. Wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately. We are offering reservations throughout the evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM "ST. BOHEME", FRENCH BISTRO MUSIC

Our regular menu is not available on Valentines Day.


All reservations will require a credit card guarantee at the time of the booking.
To make Valentine's dinner reservations please call 801-486-5585

(Online reservations will not be available for Valentine's dinner)


Valentine’s Day Menu

“La Vie En Rose”

First

~ Sheppard's Farm Fresh Goat Cheese & Basil Ravioli, Ciroc Vodka Sauce ~
or
~Thai Spiced Lump King Crab Cake, Mango Salsa, Spicy Miso Aioli~
~~~
Second

~ Salad of Butter Lettuce, Hass Avocado, Grapefruit, Fennel, Asparagus, Green Goddess Dressing ~
or
~ Lobster Bisque with Tarragon-Cognac Cream ~

~~~

Third
~ Pink Grapefruit & Champagne Sorbet, Pomegranate Seeds ~
~~~

Fourth

~ Pan-Seared pancetta Wrapped Loch Duart Scottish Salmon, Fresh Day Boat Scallop, Beurre Rouge, Whole Roasted Garlic, Shallots & Thyme, Manchego Potato Gratin~
or
~ Wood-Fired Oven-Roasted, Fresh, All Natural, Fresh Lavender Honey Glazed Chicken Breast, Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables and Arugula Salad ~
or
~Pan-Seared Filet of Prime Black Angus Beef Oscar -Alaskan King Crab, White Asparagus & Sauce Choron (Tomato Béarnaise), Roasted Fingerling Potatoes ~

Fifth

~Nougat Glaçé with Chestnut Honey and Pomegranate Seeds~
or
~Warm Molten Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Gelato~

Click Here To Download Printable (PDF) Menu


Gift Certificates For Your Valentine:

Send your sweetheart to Paris for a night in the "City of Lights"! Order a gift certificate by telephone anytime and we will gladly mail it directly to the address of your choice. Or stop by the restaurant and we will assist you in person.

Choucroute from Alsace at The Paris!!!!

Choucroute is the famous French sauerkraut and sausage fest, the ultimate "baby-it's-cold-outside" dish from the Alsace region of France, served by all the famous and venerable brasserie institutions of Paris like Bofinger, Brasserie Lipp, Le Balzar, Au Pied de Cochon, La Coupole, and for years now, in the midst of the winter, The Paris Bistro in Sugarhouse....



Choucroute is an Alsatian recipe for preparing sauerkraut with sausages, salted and smoked pork as well as potatoes. Here at The Paris, Mr. Siegfried makes our sausages and delivers them to us including Knackwurst, Fleischwurst, Wienerwurst, Weißwurst, Bratwurst ,Salt Pork, Kassler (smoked pork chop). We use fresh Kraut from an organic farm in Washington, not pasteurized so it is crispier and a really great foil for the sausage. We cook the kraut together with the pork slowly for hours with white Alsatian wine (Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer or Pinot Gris), juniper berries, pink peppercorns, coriander and onions, carrots and potatoes.

The Paris also features many Alsatian white wines that are a match made in heaven with Choucroute. Choucroute will be served as a special at The Paris for the next few weeks only, while it is the season. Please call 801-486-5585 for reservations or click here