Hi Alec,

I'll be traveling to Paris with my boyfriend mid-June for the first time and have compiled a VERY long list of restaurants for when I'm there. We need 3 lunches and 3 or 4 dinners - staying in the Latin Quarter but am open to all locations.

I should preface by saying I'm a bit picky - I'll eat steak, chicken, turkey, beef, duck, shrimp, lobster, crab, scallops. I'll try a white flakey fish but salmon makes me want to cry. I'm not too adventurous (you won't find me eating squid unless it's fried) haha.

I'm open to all types of food but since we're in Paris, I'm thinking French should be a highlight!

List of restaurants are below. I know it's a lot, but maybe you can help me narrow it down to a few? I can't read the menus!

Please and thank you :-)

Jean-Georges MARKET
Pick Clops
Rendez-Vous
La Palette
Café de Flore
Les Deux Magots
La Societe
Angelina
La Rocher De Cancale
Rue Montorgueil
Neuilly-sur-Siene
Café L'Absinthe
Le Castiglione
l'Os a Moelle*
Carre des Feuillants
La Butte Chaillot*
Le Baratin
Reed
Creperie Suzette*
Chez Janou
Robert et Louise
Le Petit Fernand
Ladurée Bonaparte
L'entrecote*
Restaurant Mariette
Le Bistrot Des Comperes*
Fish
Chez Fernand
Phoebe
Le Derriere
Chez Diep
Ferdi
Frenchie
Chez Denis
Dans Les Landes
Albion
Chez Casimir
Les Saison
Chez l'Ami Jean
Alain Passard

Thanks so much, Alec! I feel like I probably should have told you this - but I actually worked at Gourmet magazine, and was there when it folded. Of course, I was on the business side, but nevertheless, I have your book, and have been a fan of yours for a while. I also have the Gourmet Paris collector's issue (I took every issue I could get my hands on before I left the building) and have been using it to plan my trip.

Thank you for your suggestions. One last question. I went to go make a reservation at Frenchie, but the website says you have to call between certain hours during the day. Given that I'm in America and speak zero French, how else do you suggest I go about this? Show up without a reservation?