Decorated fine dining chef Andre Chiang of namesake Restaurant ANDRE has finally set up shop in the city of lights. The 32-seat Porte 12 (12 Rue Des Messageries, +33 1 42 46 22 64) is a bistro-style joint pushing out gastronomic plates of fine French food.
At the helm of the restaurant is one of Andre’s sous chefs Vincent Crepel. The French native has a pretty impressive resume boasting names like Switzerland’s Hotel de Ville Crissier. Expect an old-meets-new twist on dishes with some pretty unexpected flavors and pairings that play up to the different textures and abundance of the French terroir.
Interiors-wise, the restrained and minimal space has lots of light colors and chandeliers that pay homage to the building’s past as a corset making house. Price-wise, Porte 12 serves both lunch and dinner ranging from €28 ($45) for a two-course lunch to €65 ($106) for a six-course dinner. Pretty reasonable, we say, as compared to his astronomical prices here.
