Just some basic points about our reviews:
1) we are, in no way, shape or form, professional critics. Basically, we're relatively easy to please, and that's the way most people view restaurants. Just like the original blog, this is for the normal person and our reviews will follow the same theme.
2) our scale is out of 30. 10 points for taste (because that's the most important) and 5 a piece for presentation, service, atmosphere and other, aptly named "Grubpoints."
3) Grubpoints can be anything else about the restaurant like uniqueness of menu, drink variety, a funny sign at the door...whatever.
4) neither GrubGirl, nor I, know enough about drink pairing so we will not rate the drinks, though a good beer could receive some Grubpoints.
5) full and half points only. I don't like decimals, especially adding them up, but sometimes, a place wasn't a 7 but not quite an 8, so 7.5 it is.
6) either one of us, or both, can review a restaurant. We will always have one comment to justify our score, but both might not comment.
Since our reviews are out of 30, essentially a 20 or above means we definitely recommend it. 15-19 means its OK, but there may be other options and below 15 means it can't even satisfy a fat guy so you should probably just close.
Since we're still in the middle of our European adventures, we'll start off with Chez Prune, located at 36 Rue Beaurepaire, Paris, in the 10th right along the canal.
Intro: GrubGirl and I went for lunch, as the prices were reasonable, for Paris (€15-25). From what we saw, dinner was similar, just more expensive, so we decided on getting more for our money. I got a steak skewer with pineapples, sweet potato mash and some veggie slaw.
And here is GrubGirl's lunch, salmon, haricot vert, cole slaw and rice.
Taste (10)
GrubDaddy (GD) - 7.5
GrubGirl (GG) - 8
Thoughts:
(GD) delicious meal, would have liked a little more seasoning on the meat, and maybe an extra pineapple as it was cooked very well. The sweet potato mash was excellent.
(GG) full plate, fish was cooked well, rice was a little bland on its own, loved the red sauce for the fish (some kind of tangy tomato sauce)
Presentation (5)
GD - 3
GG - 4
Thoughts:
(GD) food was presented nice with colorful seasoning, but looked as though the skewer was just thrown on top at the end.
Service (5)
GD - 4
GG - 4
Thoughts:
(GG) service was good for American standards. Almost forgot we were in Paris. Persians must think this service was a 27...out of 5.
Atmosphere (5)
GD - 4
GG - 4
Thoughts:
(GD) the place was cool with funky light fixtures and a great outdoor area.
Grubpoints (5)
GD - 4.5
GG - 3
Thoughts:
(GD) the food was fresh and local, the drink menu was good and reasonably priced and oh yeah, this was our dessert. (Some sort of apple tart which was very good)
GD - 23
GG - 23
Coincidently, we both gave Chez Prune a 23 out of 30, for a place that we'll recommend to our readers, especially for lunch. The food is good and while never packed, there were always a healthy amount of people both inside and outside.
