Shangri-La Hotel, Paris Opens L'Abeille Restaurant

  • April 1, 2011
Shangri-La Hotel, Paris Opens L'Abeille Restaurant
Named in homage to Napoleon's favorite emblem, the bee, the restaurant offers seating for 40 guests, with French doors opening out onto the hotel's private garden. Interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon has created a setting, using palettes of grey, taupe and silver. Once comfortably seated in a plush armchair or one of three elegant banquettes, guests will notice that the bee alights in many places, whether on the taffeta curtains, coffee cups, or on the embroidery of napkins and the wait staff’s ties.

Executive Chef Philippe Labbé has created a menu for spring, using seasonal ingredients, such as salmon from the Adour River, young green asparagus, trout, elvers and milk-fed lamb. Also noteworthy is the bread with Maquis honey and dried apricots, which is made exclusively for Shangri-La Hotel, Paris. Desserts are created by Head Pastry Chef François Perret, and the cellar’s 650 wines have been specially selected by Sommelier Cédric Maupoint. Later in 2011, Shangri-La Hotel, Paris will open Shang Palace -- the first gastronomic Cantonese restaurant in France. A taste of things to come at Shang Palace can already be sampled at the hotel’s first restaurant, La Bauhinia. L’Abeille is open for dinner exclusively Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. For advance bookings contact reservations on (+33) 1 53 67 19 90 or email abeille.slpr@shangri-la.com.