At Bistro Blandine, nostalgia is the order of the day

Bistro coquetry, next to the Arc de Triomphe, who prefers to agree with Ginette (Mathiot) rather than Simone (Signoret). And Blandine, who delegates her little domestic dishes to a 16th arrondissement banquette, convinced that nostalgia remains what it is.

Price: between €39 and €61. Comté cheese soufflé: a good idea, well executed. The "must-have" cordon bleu: improved. Soft cookie, salted caramel, and vanilla ice cream: pleasantly mediocre.

With whom? Small, model family.

Good food: at the three booths or on the small terrace. The service is happy to be alive.

Bistro Blandine. 45, avenue Kléber (Paris ^16th ). Tel.: 06 49 86 36 30. Daily except Sunday. Until 2 a.m. Metro: Boissière.