Pamela Popo is a little resto about 10 yards outside my door. They are open only in the evenings, and their little deck-with-tables-and-umbrellas that extends into the street seems to be a quite popular spot late at night. I had stopped there only once before, and only to grab an orange juice at an outdoor table to lubricate my brain while I was trying to work out a solution to a rather harrowing situation! Read all about that here: https://mariellen-musing.blogspot.com/2022/10/well-that-was-harrowing-wednesday-12.html
Their menu didn’t look terribly exciting, but I thought I’d give it a try for dinner tonight. Since I had never been inside, I didn’t realize that most of their seating was upstairs (and up fairly scary looking stairs to boot!). But the host took pity on me and seated me at one of the few ground floor tables inside.
For my meal: shredded lamb shoulder with a side of couscous. The lamb was presented as a big patty (I’d guess about 3/4 pound) – nice and tender and moist inside, and then finished under the broiler for a crispy exterior. I’m guessing that this was a commercial product (not prepared from scratch in their own kitchen), but no worries! It sat in a pool of very tasty dark concentrated lamb demi-glace – you could taste the roasted bones and onions, carrots, celery, etc. – and was showered with fresh herbs. The couscous contained raisins and candied orange peel and worked well with the lamb.
For dessert, crème brulée. The custard was a little over-baked (so a bit separated/lumpy) and cooler than the standard room temperature, but the sugar crust was nice and thin and crispy and caramelized!
So all in all, not bad but not worth multiple visits. Unless, of course, some balmy evening I decide to try some other cocktail on their lovely deck!
Pamela Popo, 15 rue François Miron 75004 https://pamelapopo.fr/
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