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The Earful Tower: Paris

Tour d'Argent: Dining at the iconic Michelin restaurant in Paris

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

T is for Tour d'Argent. In this episode, we take you inside the famed Tour d'Argent restaurant on the Left Bank of Paris, and you'll hear from me and my wife Lina Nordin Gee as we dine.

We also discuss our thoughts on the renovation job from 2022/2023, which has made for one of the most stunning dining experiences in France. And as for the food: Wow.

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The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson, find his Substack here. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody. The letter T for this episode stands for Tour d'Argent, an iconic restaurant

0:07.0

on the left bank of Paris. And when it comes to episodes like this, I feel that there's two avenues

0:12.0

I could have gone down. One is to research the heck out of this restaurant and then tell everyone

0:18.0

at home everything you need to know. The other option is, I can go and eat there.

0:24.2

So I put the question to my wife, Lena, and here's what she said.

0:28.4

Well, firstly, I really like how you said avenues instead of roads.

0:32.8

It feels like an avenue standing on.

0:34.5

Yeah, exactly.

0:35.6

Well, and I obviously would have been very silly if I didn't suggest a little lunch.

0:40.7

Well, I'm glad that you said that because I made a reservation that begins in two minutes

0:44.3

right across the road.

0:47.0

So we're going to take you in there, the Tour d'Ajean, the restaurant from 1582,

0:50.6

overlooking the Notre Dame, apparently a Michelin star.

0:53.9

I'm very excited.

0:55.2

And we'll take you with us and we'll tell you what to expect.

0:57.7

So this is the Earful Tower.

0:59.5

My name is Oliver G.

1:00.9

This is the A-B season, and T stands for Tour d'Ajon.

1:04.9

Here comes some music from Press Macs.

1:06.6

Let's go.

1:07.0

Let's go. Let's go. Hello. Thank you.

1:30.3

Thank you.

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