Aldehyde

In this intimate establishment near the Quais de Seine, Tunisian-born chef Youssef Marzouk cooks up a delicious culinary symphony in his open kitchen-bar. Flanked by two assistants with equally prestigious pedigrees (Cheval Blanc Paris, Carlton, Ritz, Jacques Faussat), at dinnertime he puts together a single surprise set menu featuring a subtle marriage of French tradition and North African flavours. His confident technique shines through in his meticulously plated creations, bolstered by his Tunisian sensibility, which you can detect in his sparing use of spices, herbs and citrus fruits: saddle of lamb done two ways, grilled summer vegetable foam, meat jus with smoked eel etc.