{"id":4667,"date":"2025-06-12T08:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/on-va-deguster-paris\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:55:49","slug":"on-va-deguster-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/on-va-deguster-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"On va d\u00e9guster Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4667\" class=\"elementor elementor-4667 elementor-2190\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fdbb224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"5fdbb224\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f5b22b jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"6f5b22b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8434689 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8434689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><strong>Ref<\/strong>: <\/i><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>by <b>Fran\u00e7ois-R\u00e9gis Gaudry<\/b> in <\/i><b>On va d\u00e9guster Paris<\/b><i> in <b>November 2022<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab659de jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab659de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Tsar of Chic<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e887c99 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e887c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Russian by birth, Parisian by heart and adoption, Wiatscheslav Vassiliev, known as Slavik, was one of the most important restaurant decorators of the 20th century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394fa63 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"394fa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait-478x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4669\" alt=\"Slavik\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait-478x1024.png 478w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait-140x300.png 140w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait-768x1645.png 768w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait-717x1536.png 717w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-portrait.png 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aadfd23 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aadfd23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">His style:<\/b><\/p><p>A tireless worker, Slavik created genuine <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">works of art in more than 200 shops and restaurants <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">in the capital. Hard to fit his d\u00e9cors into <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">aesthetic boxes: as an erudite creator, <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">eccentric and brilliant, he cultivated in a <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">poetic, playful, and spectacular spirit eclectic inspirations <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">where surrealist influences rubbed shoulders <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">with Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and a touch <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">of industrial style.<\/span><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">H<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">is gourmet portrait:<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>S<u>lavik adored:<\/u><\/p><p>&gt;  Black plates and glasses.<\/p><p>&gt;  Always sitting at three-quarters with his plates <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">and cutlery diagonal to the axis <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">of the table.<\/span><\/p><p>&gt;  Lunching at a restaurant every day. He connected <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">this to the deprivation and loneliness <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">of his childhood.<\/span> <\/p><p>&gt;  Preparing herrings in oil and punches <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">for his friends.<\/span><\/p><p>&gt;  Red wine, vodka, prosecco, limoncello, <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">caf\u00e9 noisette at the counter.<\/span><\/p><p>&gt;  Easter cake, the paska he bought at <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Dominique, rue Vavin (Paris 6th), until <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">his wife, G\u00e9raldine Cerf de Dudzeele, learned <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">how to make it. Which allowed him to eat it at every <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">meal for 8 days!<\/span><\/p><p><b>His business sense<\/b><\/p><p>Slavik walked Paris so much that he had <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">a sharp knowledge of needs by neighborhood, by <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">clientele. He loved luxurious materials, pushing <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">his creations into the smallest details (receipt, <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">toothpicks&#8230;). But above all he thought <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">about profitability: wherever he went, turnover <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">doubled. He optimized the number of <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">customers who could fit at a table, the spacing for <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">servers to pass through. He mastered the dosage of noise: <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">the more there is, the more people, forced to shout, get thirsty!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3659e0 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3659e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-dome\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-croquis-restaurant-901x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4670\" alt=\"Restaurant sketches\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-croquis-restaurant-901x1024.png 901w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-croquis-restaurant-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-croquis-restaurant-768x873.png 768w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/slavik-croquis-restaurant.png 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cfe26e jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cfe26e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00e9cors that have disappeared...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309edae jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"309edae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-dome\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-detruits.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4671\" alt=\"Restaurants that no longer exist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-detruits.png 798w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-detruits-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-detruits-768x943.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a904830 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a904830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>BRASSERIE DU LUTETIA (1979)<\/b><br\/>23 <i>rue de S\u00e8vres, Paris 6<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Pumpkin lamps, large mirrors on steel moldings, Thonet chairs<\/span><\/p><p><b>CHEZ FRANCIS (1980)<br\/><\/b>7 <i>pl. de l&#8217;Alma, Paris <\/i>8<br\/><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Slavik transforms this abandoned restaurant into a Louis XV salon all in woodwork<\/span><\/p><p><b>LE PARIS (1985)<br\/><\/b>23 <i>rue de S\u00e8vres, Paris 6<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In this Lut\u00e9tia restaurant, subdued lighting enhances customers&#8217; complexions and, never seen at the time, battery-powered lamps are placed on the tables<\/span><\/p><p><b>FORZA <\/b>I <b>MATTI (1985)<br\/><\/b>7 <i>bd des Italiens, Paris 9<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">When Slavik decorates a Venetian restaurant, he installs nothing more nor less than a real gondola in the center.<\/span><\/p><p><b>LE JULES VERNE (1983)<br\/><\/b><i>5 av. Gustave-Eiffel, Paris 7<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">On the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower, Slavik wanted a black d\u00e9cor, because the view is the only d\u00e9cor that matters. The black armchairs on casters echo the crisscrossing of the tower.<\/span><\/p><p><b>LE PETIT M\u00c2CHON (1976)<br\/><\/b><i>123 rue de la Convention, Paris 15<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">To excite the appetite, he paints menus of his own invention on the mirrors: &#8220;tender tripe&#8221; or &#8220;hearty and cheerful dishes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><b>ASSIETTE AU B\u0152UF (1974)<\/b><br\/><i>123 av. des Champs-Elys\u00e9es, Paris 8<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In addition to ensuring a turnover of 7.5 customers per seat per day, the d\u00e9cor is impressive: faux red marble wall and giant metal palm trees covered with pineapples glittering with light.<\/span><\/p><p><b>LE B\u0152UF \u00c0 6 PATTES (1984)<br\/><\/b><i>N118 rue Francis-Perrin, Gif-sur-Yvette (Essonne)<br\/><\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Why six-legged <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">cattle stuck to the ceiling of this meat restaurant? All we know is that the multiplication of limbs was a recurring fantasy for Slavik.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613c939 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"613c939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">...and those that have survived<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38f256 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f38f256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-dome\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-restants-1024x845.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4672\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-restants-1024x845.png 1024w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-restants-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-restants-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/restaurant-restants.png 1198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bdff69 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bdff69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>LE LOUCHEBEM (1986)<br\/><\/b><i>31 rue Berger, Paris 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/i><b><br\/><\/b>Street lamps from Milan, installed upside down and christened &#8220;the three nipples&#8221;<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-louchebem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more details<\/a><\/p><p><b>LE BISTROT DE PARIS (1965)<br\/><\/b>33 <i>rue de <\/i>Lille, <i>Paris <\/i>7<br\/>Oversized chandeliers, walls and ceilings covered with embossed paint and beveled mirrors with gilded frames.<br\/><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #67bbc3; transition-property: all; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-louchebem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more details<\/a><\/p><p><b>LE D\u00d4ME (1980)<br\/><\/b><i>108 bd du Montparnasse, Paris 14<br\/><\/i>Plunge back into the Paris of the 1980s by gazing at the black-and-white photos of those who frequented this place.<br\/><span style=\"color: #67bbc3; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; transition-property: all; font-size: 18px;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/le-dome\/\">See more details<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><b>VICTORIA STATION (1970)<br\/><\/b><i>11 bd Montmartre, Paris 2<br\/><\/i>A train carriage from the 1930s, intact since its first hour.<br\/><a style=\"font-style: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/victoria-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more details<\/a><\/p><p><b>MARIUS ET JANETTE (1985)<br\/><i>4 av. George-V, Paris <\/i>8<br\/><\/b>A varnished mahogany boat interior, mirrors in place of portholes, and all the instruments of deep-sea fishing fixed to the walls and ceiling.<br\/><span style=\"color: #67bbc3; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; transition-property: all; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/marius-and-janette\/\">See more details<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><b>POISSONNERIE DU D\u00d4ME (1980)<br\/><\/b><i>4 rue Delambre, Paris 14<b><br\/><\/b><\/i>This shop is adorned with three wooden panels depicting ceramic trompe-l&#8217;\u0153il with marine motifs (lobster, sturgeon, monkfish&#8230;).<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/slavikvassiliev.com\/en\/restaurants\/the-dome-fish-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more details<\/a><\/p><p><b>LE CAPUCINE (1984\u20131985)<br\/><\/b><i>39 bd des Capucines, Paris 12<br\/>1 rue Auber, Paris 9th<br\/><\/i>Sumptuous restaurant and tea room, chandeliers composed of some 3,000 red Murano glass petals. 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