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I was in Paris a little while ago, for the first time in almost 20 years. This time, I did a little homework for food, and one of the first places I went to eat was at Le Relais de l’Entrecote. I do enjoy my steak frites the way the French do them. While I don’t usually enjoy skinny fries, the French do do them very well!

Le Relais de l’Entrecote is a famous and popular bistro restaurant that serves, you guessed it, steak frites, and has a few different branches around Paris and apparently now, even globally.

I’d read about queues and long waits, but when the taxi pulled up at the Montparnasse branch, I was gratified to see that there was absolutely no queue! It might be because it had just opened for lunch.

I’d also read some unsavoury reviews that called this a tourist trap or that it served mediocre fare. But I was determined to try it anyway. You only live once!

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A work opportunity had me putting up at the Hotel Molitor Paris for a few days. Hotel Molitor Paris is designed around a swimming pool, which it used to be, before being turned into a hotel. It was at this hotel that the bikini was first unveiled to the unsuspecting public.

This luxury hotel is located away from the general areas of Paris that most visitors frequent, and will therefore not likely be high on the list of choices for most tourists. For sports fans however, it is situated very near the Roland Garros tennis stadium as well as the PSG football grounds.

For public transport, 2 Metro lines are about a 10 minute walk away – Line 9 Michel-Angel Molitor and Line 10 – Porte d’Auteuil and it’s about 20 minutes to the shopping districts of Paris. For emergencies or necessities, there is a Carrefour supermarket just 5 minutes walk away.

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I EAT: Le Relais de l’Entrecote @ Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris – Delicious Steak Frites the way the French do it!

I Stay: Hotel Molitor Paris @ Paris, France