L’Art du Ravioli

C’est très bon, et vraiment pas cher !!!
12 raviolis à 5 euros !!!
Surtout des raviolis légumes… trop bon !!!

Was on the way to another Chinese restaurant but found this gem. Was craving dumplings so this was perfect. The staff were making the dumplings in the window and a dozen was very excellent value at 5 euros. All other dishes were delicious!

Our family found the nearby Vietnamese place closed, saw a woman making dumplings in the window next door and decided to give it a try. We loved it. The place is very clean and pleasant and the dumplings– we had pork with scallions then ordered chicken– were great. The other dishes we had– a broccoli-​beef and a noodle dish — were fresh and tasty if less exciting than the raviolis. Try it if you’re nearby!

I could live off of Chinese dumpings. Really, I find the format to be the most perfect design ever. So cute, easy to eat, doughy, salty and juicy. When I moved to Paris 15 years ago the dumpling options could be counted not only on one hand, but on two fingers, which is why I’m thrilled with the dumpling explosion (aka ravioli for the French) in Paris.
I find it hilarious as well that new places are opening up with names like «L’art du ravioli» since it’s such a Frenchified, highly pretentious way of describing such a simple, traditional thing.
In any case, this new canteen on the rue au Maire makes a statement with its dumpling focus. The menu consists of about 8 different dumpling types as well as a range of salads and other dishes. I asked the waitress for her classics, and she suggested the pork with chinese cabbage and cucumber salad. The salad was crisp and piquant and lovely, the dumplings were good, the meat mixture was flavorful, the dough soft but the texture of the pork was a bit grainy. I inhaled the whole order happily, however.
The service was great and the prices are hard to beat. I paid 12E for an order of dumplings, my cucumber salad and a ¼ of red.