![The cool new restaurant Lolo, in Paris’s ninth arrondissement.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant.jpg)
My friend and I were afraid that we would be kicked out of Lolo, a restaurant only a few weeks old, for not being lit enough, but in spite of lacking the cool credentials of the young, über-trendy customers, we were treated exceptionally well, maybe because we were odd outliers? Whatever the reason, we had a wonderful time, loved every single dish we ate and adored our attentive and knowledgeable server, whose name was Elliot.
We were a bit shocked by the prices at first – the three main courses weighed in at about €40 each, side dishes were extra, and the wines were pricey – but Elliot explained that the mains were extremely copious and meant to be shared. That helped a bit, but the final bill (with wine), at €73 each, was still more than I like to pay.
![Oysters with smoked sausage.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-oysters.jpg)
As an amuse-bouche, we each had a fantastic oyster with bits of smoked sausage and béchamel sauce, which had been passed under the kitchen‘s Japanese barbecue. Highly recommended.
![Scotch egg.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-scotch-egg.jpg)
Our first dish was something you don’t often see in a Paris bistro, and a real winner: a scotch egg. The perfectly cooked egg was swaddled in a thick crust of fine smoked sausage meat from the Jura and set atop a delicious beetroot sauce whose mild, slightly sweet flavor was the perfect complement to the sausage meat.
![Scallops and trout roe.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-scallops.jpg)
Then came a wonderful carpaccio of scallops generously topped with trout roe and fumet en gelée, or jellied fish stock, which I believe was an invention of chef Zacharie Gannat, formerly of Frenchie London, who was quietly toiling away in the open kitchen in the front of the restaurant.
![Sole with beurre blanc.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-sole.jpg)
Of the three main courses – the other two were a Milanese style pork chop and half a guinea fowl – we chose to share the sole. It was an excellent choice. The beautiful fish was perfectly cooked and served with beurre blanc. A poem of delicate flavors.
![White asparagus.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-asparagus.jpg)
A side dish of barbecued white asparagus, sprinkled with some fresh dill, was also perfectly simple and perfectly delicious.
![Rice pudding.](https://www.parisupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Paris-Update-Lolo-restaurant-rice-pudding.jpg)
The rice pudding we shared for dessert was so amazingly good that I had to restrain my friend from licking the bowl and myself from ordering at least one more.
Wonder of wonders, Lolo is a rare Paris bistro open on Monday night, which is how we ended up there, almost by accident. We left happy, satisfied and maybe just a tiny bit cooler than we were when we arrived?
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