Alain Passard, three Michelin stars, goes all-plant: a logical, rare and courageous next step

The vegetarian in us can only rejoice, for multiple reasons, whether ecological, ethical or simply culinary: a three-star chef has (finally!) chosen 99.9% plant-based. Surname: Alain Passard . A restaurant well-known to gourmets for at least three decades: l'Arpège, located on rue de Varenne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Since the end of July, the chef, who has been at the helm of his establishment for almost forty years, has excluded all meat from his menu - a step he had already taken in 2001 for red meat -, fish and seafood, eggs, and dairy products - but not the honey produced in his hives. From now on, it's time for a "vegetable stroll" for lunch in eight courses (260 euros) and a summer menu at 420 euros in twelve courses, based on " herbaceous, floral, and thirst-quenching cuisine full of poetry and fantasy."

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