http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19095 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19095 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19089 Wonderful choice of restaurants and a really good read to boot.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19089 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17715
Although the idea of a restaurant which pretty much only serves eggs might sound odd, when you do something so well, why mess with the formula?
Eggs expertly and lovingly cooked any way you could dream of (foie gras omelettes, eggs benedict, oeuffs cocotte, lavender scrambled eggs even) and served with scrumptious home-fries and salad for a reasonable price and in cosy yet chic surroundings with service so friendly you might even forget you're in Paris.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17715 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17637 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17637 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16478
Enjoy the rich, generous cuisine of south-west France from a window table, complete with traditional red checked cloth, overlooking Les Invalides. President Chirac liked to impress foreign leaders with lunch here, such is its reputation.

Later take in a cognac or two at Lipp on sophisticated Boulevard Saint-Germain, followed by a peaceful stroll around Ile Saint-Louis, before catching a late train home with the feeling that all is well with the world.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16478 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16477 (near bottom of Sacre Coeur). It's a fab little restaurant with graffiti-covered walls and long tables where you eat elbow to elbow with other diners.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16477 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16475
The sleek modernist style seeps through from the galleries below and encourages a creative flair to the food. This restaurant infuses Parisian chic and fiery Thai flavours with an artistic hand. Enjoy an exquisite meal and a long stemmed rose to accompany your hedonists' view of Paris.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16475 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16458 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16458 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16457 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16457 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16440
Alternatively, at Pyrenees, turn right on to Avenue Simon Bolivar and head for the surreal, landscaped Parc des Buttes Chaumont (19th Arr), complete with its own mountain, waterfall, temple and an incredible view of the Sacre Couer.

To finish the day, head to restaurant Au Pied du Sacre Couer, for fine yet inexpensive French cooking (metro Lamarck-calaincourt, 18th Arr.)]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16440 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16417
It is a wonderful change to eating pizza or falafel and really makes you feel like you are taking part in France's famous cuisine.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16417 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16414
It's an all-you-can-eat-and-drink restaurant, with a dark ages theme - skins on the ancient stone walls, rough-hewn wooden tables, help-yourself-to-wine from the barrel kind of place, labrynthine and bacchanalian in atmosphere - musical floorshow with lots of audience participation.

All-in for 39 euros; unbeatable fun and totally unexpected in its rarefied surroundings; a perfect ending to a day of trawling around the museums.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16414 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16412 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16412 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16399
Imagine such a place festooned in rugby memorabilia - permanently, and not just in Rugby World Cup year. Such a place exists. It's called Le Gros Minet (The Fat Kitten) and it's on Rue des Prouvaires (+33 1 42 33 02 62).

It's small, so book to avoid missing out on such treats as canard aux myrtilles. As any rugby fan would tell you, it's got to be worth a try!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16399 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16388 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16388 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16303 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16303 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16301 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16301 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16285 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16285 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16281 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16281 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16260 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16260