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L'homme Bleu Restaurant
Serving Authentic and Aromatic North African Food

About.com Rating 4

From Aedin Mac Devitt, for About.com

A Sweet Ending

We finish our meal by ordering some traditional house mint tea, along with a delicious selection of North-African pastries.

  • Mint tea (sweetened green tea with fresh mint) is a ritual in North Africa, and it's all in the preparation. If the sugar quantity is a little off, or the pouring neglected, you're left with a mediocre result.
    At L’homme Bleu, the mint is fresh and the tea sweetened, but unexceptional and expensive at 2.50 Euros (approx. $3.30).

  • The waiter follows with a plate filled with traditional North African pastries for us to choose from. These are supplied by La Bague de Kenza, the world-famous Parisian North-African patisserie on nearby rue St Maur.
    These pastries are reserved for those with a true sweet tooth: they are a heady, sticky mix of honey, crushed nuts, and almond paste.

The Bottom Line

As a relative newcomer to the North African culinary scene, I found dining at L'homme Bleu stimulating. The restaurant has the original, authentic quality I was looking for, and thankfully does not have to resort to belly dancers and Fez-wearing waiters to draw the crowds.

If you are no stranger to spicy food and are willing to give most things a try, then L'homme Bleu is a good place to sample classic North African cuisine.

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About the Author

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Aedin Mac Devitt is a Paris-based freelance writer and translator.

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