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Petit restaurant où les chefs ont été formés par de très grands de la gastronomie américaine.
Difficile de classer ce petit restaurant dans une catégorie bien définie. Le concept de Moko et Omar leur est propre. Ces deux-là ont un parcours atypique qu'il serait trop long à raconter mais sachez juste qu'elle fut un jour avocate à New York où elle a rencontré Omar. Ils ont été formés par de très grands de la gastronomie américaine, anglaise et française. A Paris c'est un ex du Sergent Recruteur et elle est une ex-pâtissière de Yam'Tcha. Leur endroit est comme eux, sans étiquette. Ils cuisinent ce qu'ils aiment : soupe de brocoli, pancetta et chou noir ou hoummos, épaule d'agneau de lait confite et poivrons fumés, etc. Nos papilles frémissent à chaque bouchée. Les cookies hyper croustillants sont top... Certains plats et gâteaux sont sans gluten.
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Café is a misleading term given the quality of the food, and the price. It’s not cheap, though the recent spike in oil and produce prices have made both eating out and running a restaurant more challenging.
I discovered Mokonuts from an NYT 25 dishes to eat in Paris article and like how Hiramaya-san described food. I looked up the restaurant she and her husband had in the 11th, like their philosophy and approach to food and made a booking.
The NYT article may be why most of my fellow diners had American accents, a mix of expats and tourists like me, though a French-speaking walk-in was politely and regretfully turned away as the restaurant was fully booked. The owner knew, from my broken French grammar when I called, that switching to English would be a more efficient conversation. Much as I like bumbling with my terrible French in Paris, it’s nice to be able to exhale and not worry about saying the wrong thing or be seen as that annoying tourist that expects the world to speak English.
You know a place cares about feeding people well when they welcome solo diners. Parisians can be quite cliquey, so it was nice that this is a place where I ended up having a nice chat with the person whom I was sat next to. It had that NYC vibe, where if we were both expats we could have found a new friend to hang out with.
I think I enjoyed the experience more as it’s an owner operated place. I had 3 courses and a glass of wine and water.
24 hours later, I am still regretting not asking for an order of the cookies to go, which the regulars seem to love.
On a cold rainy day, this room behind the fogged up windows was a lovely place to be. Easy to get to on the 8 metro. Book ahead.
Le prix ne vaut pas le déplacement .