Em Sherif Café, the Lebanese restaurant that brings its mezzes and good humor to the 8th arrondissement of Paris

Digging a little deeper into the why and how of this Lebanese restaurant now at Haussmann, we learn that it is a little more than just another restaurant crossing paths with mezze on the boulevard. A great café with the kind of energy that has been lighting up its destinations for several years now, like the flashing terminals of airports. Its menus are full of visas, a solid reputation in Monaco as well as in the new cities of the Orient, present in Beirut , Baghdad, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Amman, Kuwait City, Doha.

So now in Paris, far from its continent but visibly not lost, already well established, the sonic diaspora in each row of the room, the exuberant menu and, to compensate for the regret of only being available in night service, the cuisine of a young chef (Yasmina Hayek) served in broad daylight.

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In the generous plate as in the truly sharing dishes, from the chatty mezzes to the lengthy skewers, here is a Lebanon that balances between convenience and a touch of trendiness...