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| The Relais is not a particularly large room but they manage to shoehorn a lot of eaters in by judiciously pulling out the tables to let the diner slide in. |
We decided to walk to the Porte Maillot to have steak and frits at Le Relais again. Once seated the ordering is pretty straight forward as the only items on the menu are a green salad with walnuts followed by steak and mountains of fries. So the only decisions to be made are how the steak should be cooked and the size and choice of red wine. The restaurant does not take reservations and opens precisely at 1201. We arrived at 1155 and were seated pretty promptly. The meal came quickly and is served in two portions. Just when you begin to think you are full another helping of steak and their wonderful sauce is piled on your plate and a second mountain of fries is added. We had half a bottle of the Reserve St. Emilion and no dessert - happy to finish with a coffee. The meal was served quickly and the servers will bring the bill quickly to turn the table over for other diners who were beginning to line up outside.
There wa a table for four next to ours which seated five people. Another time we saw seven people stuffed in the same space. They were put in under the instructions of the lady maitre d'. It is important to go to the toilet before you are seated otherwise a bathroom visit can cause quite a disturbance in the surrounding tables. The atmosphere is good and the diners take everything in good spirits.
After a great lunch we walked back to the Arc de Triomphe and then back via Parc Monceau. The perruches made their presence known in the park and we were surprised to see and hear one flying in the boulevard des Courcelles. I wonder how many there will be in Paris in a few years time.
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