Yam’Tcha

I’ve visited this restaurant several times over the past couple years and had the delight of eating here again today.
The new venue feels like ‘home’ — bright, airy and comforting — and everything is made of wood — including the bathroom walls. The service is always top-​notch. Attentive service and wooden stools for your bags; all the waiters are fluent in English too. Compared to some other Michelin 1-​star restaurants I’ve been to in Paris (Kei, La Dame de Pic, Ze Kitchen Galerie, Septime, and La Fourchette du Printemps), Yam’Tcha has been the only one I continue to return to.
The food is warm and hearty, but with an Asian flair. I prefer the lunch tasting menu, which is only available Wednesday through Friday, as the portions are quite large. The menu format has changed over the years, but some items have remained — noodles w/​XO sauce, steamed buns, and a hearty broth/​soup. Also unique to the restaurant is an optional «tea» pairing, which I tried for the first time today.
All the teas are served in mini pots and wooden trays that catch any drops that fall off the teapot spout. The cups are warmed with hot water before any tea is poured, and like any wine pairing, they really do bring out the flavors in the dish.
Nov 6, 2015
— Amuse bouche: Noodles w/​XO sauce
Deliciously chewy & flat noodles with a spicy seafood sauce. Perfectly seasoned. My sister called them «crack» noodles.
— 1^st course: Curry broth with mussels
Hearty, as if it had been cooked with beef/​pork, but filled with reminders of the sea — mussels and a salty (ocean-​like) green vegetable.
— 2^nd course: Fish w/​trumpet mushrooms in a butter sauce & vinaigrette
Fish cooked to perfection, but slightly under-​salted. The butter sauce was rich, while the vinaigrette was pungent. Good, but not my favorite dish.
— 3^rd course (optional cheese course): Steamed bun filled with blue cheese and cherries
Also available at their «bao» take-​out store, and after trying several different buns at the take-​out store, this is my favorite (and their most popular one). An odd combination (blue cheese and cherries), but it really works. The cheese comes oozing out and the sweetness of the cherry reduces the heaviness of melted blue cheese.
— 4^th course: 2 desserts — One w/​pears cooked with different temperatures and textures. The other one was a dark chocolate mousse with crumbled bits.

Des bao sucrés ou salés, idéal pour manger sur le pouce!
Celui au porc est délicieux et le thé au lait façon hong kong une pure merveille.
L’accueil est en plus très agréable. Si vous n’avez jamais goûté aux baos, c’est l’occasion.

Really Good French Asian Fusion! And Amazing Tea!
Boutique Yam’tcha (aka BUNS TO GO) @ 4 Rue Sauval (old restaurant location)
I recommend that if you go here! It’s great if you can’t/don’t want to shell out for the tasting menus. They have vegetarian, seafood, meat, and sweet BUNS. Get em hot or room temp to microwave in your airbnb. I got a assorted box two days in a row, and also did lunch tasting menu. Because those buns are deliciousDELICIOUS. I miss them/​want to try to recreate them! The flavors are on rotation and there is a foie one that I wasn’t able to try :(My fave! Stilton and Cherries, (which was also featured in the lunch tasting menu)
MAIN Restaurant @ 121 Rue Saint Honoré, 75 001 Paris, France
They are BOOKED for dinner! So call well in advance, like a month before. Otherwise, do as I did and book the lunch tasting menu. I mean you’re on vacation right? For lunch they have a «3» course and 10 course tasting menu. With different pairing add ons, Champagne, Wine, and TEA!
This place is beautiful and the service is impeccable. (Stool for your purse, Mademoiselle?) We did the small tasting with TEA pairings and it was great! and I was pleasantly full! It’s really more than 3 courses because ya’ know, It’s a fancy place! Amuse bouche+ bread +cheese course (aka Bun with stilton! YUM), and dessert actually comes with 2, plus small chocolates and petit fours with the check. So yea. Amazing. I’d still like to try the larger tasting menu for dinner. The menu changes daily so I won’t go into what I had, but I will say it was all Delicious and fun. The Tea Pairings were beautifully presented and were thoughtfully paired with the meal. I highly recommend this pairing. Also you can purchase any tea you did like at their Boutique (and pick up more buns!)
I Highly recommend!

Yam’tcha n’est en ce moment plus un restaurant gastronomique mais un Stand où l’on peut prendre à emporter des Bao garnis salés ou sucrés.
Je n’ai pas encore goûté aux Bao salés car j’y suis allée pour prendre mon dessert.
Qu’est ce que le Bao: c’est une brioche chinoise cuite à la vapeur, ce qui la rend particulièrement légère en bouche.
J’ai goûté aux deux bao sucrés qui étaient proposés, celui à l’ananas et fruit de la passion et l’autre au chocolat.
J’ai été conquise, vraiment, même si j’aurais aimé que celui aux fruits soit un peu plus garni.
J’y retournerai certainement au printemps pour aller chercher de quoi piqué-​niquer car là il fait si froid que les Bao refroidissent presque instantanément.

THE only place in Paris to enjoy Baozis! The store is very original, there’s only a counter to take away, and you can watch the staff prepare the steam buns. Enjoy!

Ma critique porte uniquement sur le stand à Bao situé rue Sauval (le restaurant étoilé a été déplacé; actuellement en travaux: nouvel emplacement rue saint honoré je crois).
Il est difficile de trouver des bons Bao à Paris, de l’aveux même d’asiatiques. Même ceux de la fameuse pâtisserie de Choisy né sont apparemment pas terribles. Du coup j’étais super excitée quand j’ai appris qu’une chef étoilée en proposait, façon street food (une fenêtre de la cuisine donne sur la rue — pas de places assises).
Et bien, l’expérience fut décevante…
1. les prix: entre 3 à 4 euro (16 euros les 5), ça revient chère la brioche à la vapeur, qui n’est, en plus, pas bien grosse.
2. les saveurs: la chef propose des saveurs franco-​asiatiques, et je n’ai pas vraiment été séduite par la fusion des deux…
il y a également des bao sucrés: j’ai tenté celui au chocolat, et je n’ai pas trouvé ça terrible, la texture du bao né convient pas au chocolat je trouve.
Moment «comment caser qu’on a été à NY mine de rien»: j’ai été habitué aux énormes bao plein de farce, à 90 centime l’unité, à Chinatown, d’où ma déception.
Mais pour ceux qui né connaissent pas, ça se tente. Et puis si vous voulez impressionner vos invités, ou des hôtes, ça peut faire un cadeau sympas :)

Le Yam tcha nouvelle formule. Exit le restaurant étoilé, place à la boutique de thé et à un corner de baozis franco-​chinois. Baozi, kézako? Les baozis sont des brioches chinoises cuites à la vapeur et fourrées traditionnellement d’une farce au porc. Ici, elles sont fourrées de farces bien occidentales (salé ou sucré): oignon/​comté, stilton/​cerises, crevettes, noir de bigorre…
Comme attendu d’une chef étoilé, les baozis ont dû goût, la pâte à baozi n’a rien à envier à celle qu’on trouve dans les meilleurs restos en Asie. A découvrir mais en tant qu’asiatique, le baozi reste une de nos madeleines de Proust et il est dommage de né pas proposer de recettes traditionnelles qui restent pour moi meilleures que ces créations.
A partir de 3 € le baozi, 15 € le pot d’excellentissime sauce XO.

I’ve been wanting to try Yam’Tcha for a few years and on the night we dined there I wouldn’t say it was worth the wait.
Highlights were the smoked tofu egg roll to start, the soup with citrus caviar and the blue lobster noodles with XO sauce (that last one was pretty unforgettable). The other dishes were very well executed but when we are looking at meals in this price range I expect every dish to be a show stopper. The only thing i was unimpressed by was the warm stilton with a cherry inside of the bun. The bun feels too heavy and excessive for the cheese. When warmed, the cheese has a thick sticky texture. I understand that this is one of their best sellers but both of us dining did not care at all for it.
My friend had the full wine pairing and I did the combo tea/​wine pairing. The wine pairings were unusual and well done. The tea’s were love, very delicate and served in beautiful pots.
The service was good, but things weren’t the best at the end. You know how those of us who spend a lot of time on social media spend half a meal on our gadgets? I really wanted to be present for this meal so instead of noting and clicking, I put the phone away. I asked at the end if I could email to get the menu for the evening. The waitress told me to write my address on the back of the bill and they’d mail it to me. Two things seem a bit weird with this: 1. Guests often want to take their copy of the bill with them so writing it on something else would have been better (granted, I could have said this at the time but I was a little surprised and didn’t say anything). 2. They never mailed it to me.
We paid our bill by card and got in the cab. Then as we got in our cab, they ran out to tell us they had undercharged us 100 Euros. So, then we are scrambling to find cash while we are sitting in the cab with our meter running. Again, I expect to pay my full bill, of course, but I think it could have been handled differently — not with us trying to pull together 100 bucks in the back of a cab with the meter running.
Now, these things seem minor, but when I pay nearly 400 Euros on a meal for 2 people, I expect michelin level service and mind-​blowing food for every course. I don’t feel like I got either of those.
The décor is lovely — sophisticated and comfortable without being stuffy.

KenScale: 9.0÷10
A fusion of French and Asian cuisine. We’ve all heard that concept before. It is easier said than done. The execution is really hard to pull off. Sometimes, one cuisine dominates the other cuisine. When I first heard about chef Adeline Grattard’s restaurant Yam’Tcha in Paris, I was seriously debating whether I should consider a visit. While the restaurant seems to have received critical acclaim, I was also juggling among different restaurant choices and didn’t want to walk out disappointed chasing some fancy concept. I’m happy to report that my choice turned out to be correct. In New York City, Annisa is probably the best restaurant when it comes to fusing the East and the West. In Paris, Yam’Tcha deserves that recognition.
The restaurant has a relatively tiny operation with a small kitchen headed by chef Grattard and one other assistant chef. There is a separate corner with a skilled tea master served aromatic oolong tea for a welcome. The restaurant has only one tasting menu for dinner at 120 euros per person. The meal at Yam’Tcha being my last meal in Paris, I went for the splurge and got the wine pairings as well (you can also go for a pairing option with both wine and teas). The Asian take at Yam’Tcha is closer to Chinese than pan-​Asian. Instead of bread, I got Chinese steamed bun. I was already getting very intrigued by the time foie gras came with mussels, string beans and pepper. The flavor was unmistakably Chinese spice, and I marveled at how such spice can be integrated into French style food. Blue lobster came with Chinese noodle and XO sauce, another winner with unexpected flavor. I wished sea bass with squash, sea mushroom and scallop foam came slightly less seasoned, but otherwise the fish was cooked perfectly. The highlight of the dinner was veal sweetbread that came with chanterelle, mushroom and Chinese white rice wine sauce. The sauce was one of the most unique I’ve had in years, with a blend of Chinese and French flavor that I still can’t forget to this day. I kept wondering how the French chef was able to reinterpret Chinese flavor in such a graceful way in harmony with the French counterpart. If the meat was sweetbread (not one of my favorite in general) but instead lamb or some other part of veal, this dish could’ve been one of the best meat dishes of all time. Desserts were more or less closer to French without much hint of Asian touch, but I was still a fan of both dishes, especially the almond milk sorbet was very refreshing with raspberries and prune jam.
The wine pairing was also a success, with some interesting wine that worked very well with the Asian bent of the food. The restaurant has a cozy dining area on a quiet street nearby the Louvre, and has all the elements of a neighborhood favorite. If you want to be wowed by a unique fusion of French and Asian cuisine with masterful integration of both flavor in beautiful harmony, I recommend Yam’Tcha without reservation.

The food, service, and overall experience were fantastic. I mean seriously fantastic. That said, I found this place in a travel guide and got lucky calling for a reservation. Apparently people wait for a long time to get a reservation here. Since I found it in a travel guide (Fodor’s or something like that — I can’t remember which one, but it was for normal people, not millionaires), I figured it was a normal restaurant. Because of this, I didn’t pay much attention when I ordered. My fault entirely. I learned my lesson when we were socked with the equivalent of a $ 400 bill. We didn’t even order the most expensive option. The food and experience were probably worth a lot, but I am morally opposed to spending $ 400 on two meals when there are starving people in the world. I really, truly am. And I am displeased that a travel guide would include such an expensive restaurant in its recommendations. We obviously paid our bill, but I certainly learned an important lesson — pay attention when ordering, regardless of the source of the recommendation.

I’ve eaten here twice and it is my absolute favorite restaurant in Paris. The combination of French and Asian flavored is done so delicately, it puts any other fusion restaurant to shame. The service is impeccable, even for example when there was a mix-​up with my reservation (they had misunderstood my number) and had actually given our reservation away, they were extremely gracious and went to get another table and sat us and the other couple. The moral of the story was that you HAVE to call and confirm the day before or they will give the slot away to someone lucky on their long waiting list.

Ha, le Yam’Tcha. Depuis le temps qu’on m’en parle, il fallait que je teste.
Le Yam’Tcha est un tout petit restaurant du 1er arrondissement d’une cuisine fusion. Il est très difficile de réserver et généralement la réservation doit se faire un mois à l’avance.
On arrive et nous sommes accueillis comme des rois.
On nous place à une table tranquillement au fond.
On choisit le menu à 125e accord mets et thé.
Cela se fait en plusieurs mets.
Je né me souviens plus exactement des plats que nous avons eu mais tout était un mélange entre cuisine asiatique et occidentale: du foie gras cuit à la vapeur, des nems, des nouilles soba au crabe, de la gambas au liseron d’eau, du lieu noir à la truffe… Le tout servi avec un thé à chaque plat. Tout est délicieux, subtil… Néanmoins, n’étant pas une grande connaisseuse de thé, il est difficile d’en apprécier la valeur ajoutée.
La cuisine est ouverte et en plein centre du restaurant ce qui nous permet d’admirer les cuisiniers à l’oeuvre, la cuisine au wok, à la vapeur …
A la place du pain, on nous sert des «mantous», des petits pains blanc cuit à la vapeur.
En résumé, un très très bon moment même si je trouve que 125e le menu, cela reste un peu poussif…

Wow, one of the best meals I have ever had.
We showed up at 12:15 for 12:30 reservations. We lucked out there. We were the first in the restaurant and were seated immediately. After us the restaurant filled over the next hour and those without reservations were turned away. Not sure if there were gaps between the courses at other tables, but ours transitions were prompt, except for dessert, because by then every other table was on their main courses.
Service was pleasant and attentive. The restaurant was comfortable.
My lack of French was no problem.
For 60 euros you get a 4 course meal, or for 100 you get a 6 courses tasting meal. We got the 4 course, which was a comfortable amount. For an extra 20 we also got the tea pairing.
The «welcome» beverage was a chilled jasmine tea.
The starter was an almost bite sized crab spring roll. It was crispy and tasty. I wanted more.
The first course was a cold dish. Smoked tofu and cucumber. It reminds me of the pickled, sweet cucumber you would get a Chinese restaurant, but the smoked tofu kicked it up a notch and it tasted amazing.
The second course was a summer truffle, lobster, mushrooms, and almonds, paired with a black tea. Very savory.
Either the third or the fourth course was my favorite.
The third course was tuna, tomatoes, squid, and xo sauce with steamed Chinese bread. The Xo sauce had some spice to it. The steamed bread was extremely airy and fluffy (we were wondering what they do differently in France) but it was awesome. It was paired with «Four years tea»… which was the only thing I did not finish at the meal.
The fourth course was a steamed pollock, clams, black rice, and chicken broth. Also another savory combination. Paired with white tea.
For the last course you have the options of dessert or cheese. We got the dessert of course. The dessert was two separate dishes, a perfectly done apricot and blueberry tart and a sorbet in a fruity sauce. This was paired with «southwest» Chinese tea.
Amazing meal. My only suggestion is if you have had a lot of Chinese tea in the past, the tea pairing may not blow you away, but I thought it was worth it. Would visit again, without question.

Okay, I really didn’t want to eat here. I’m not good with tasting menus because I am too picky, but my husband really really wanted to go so I went for his sake. We ate here for lunch and we got the smaller tasting menu along with the tea tasting. I decided to be brave and just tell the waitress that I didn’t eat mushrooms even though there are a bunch of other foods I don’t like, I figured they could handle the request for no mushrooms. First they brought out steamed buns with scallions and other asian flavors and those were yummy. To start we had raw trout with feta, blackberries and mushrooms (they left the mushrooms off of mine). We both thought that the quality of everything was good but just not sure if it all really went together. That was the worst dish at the restaurant. Then the next course was mushroom soup which my husband loved. They gave me this awesome shrimp with wild asparagus and some sort of asian sauce, it was quite yummy. Then they gave us fois gras with carrots and some sort of cooked greens. My husband ate my fois gras because I don’t eat that stuff and he loved it, the greens and the sauce on them were amazing. After that we had John Dory on top of noodles and broth. It was delightful! And the broth was so complex. Then he got the cheese course which was nothing to write home about. I got the dessert which was unreal, I can’t remember exactly what it was but it had strawberries, sorbet, caramelized sugar, passion fruit sauce, whipped cream etc. It also came with a chilled sorrel soup with a canele of ice cream on top, that was amazing too. The tea that came with each course was one of our favorite parts about the restaurant. The teas were so unique and they really went well with each of the courses. At the time of this review, the restaurant has 1 Michelin star.
This restaurant had the rudest wait staff by far. We really disliked our waitress, but this is Paris so we accepted it. The one exception for this was the tea guy, he was SO nice and you could tell he really loved what he did.
Overall we were happy with our experience and would go back. This type of food is like nothing we had ever had before, it is imaginative and quite tasty.
FYI: they do NOT take American Express…

Il y a certains moments où l’ardent désir de voyager vous prend au coeur, il vous donne envie de vous sentir à la fois loin de tout et proche de rien. Sachez que ces moments sont incroyablement précieux car ils vous font apprécier et inscrire des instants, des images, des sons et des goûts. Ce déjeuner chez Yam’tcha peut incarner le parfait paragon d’un agapes qui restera imprimé au plus profond de vous.
La signature singulière et épurée d’Adeline né possède aucun semblable à Paris. Elle mêle avec doigté l’allégresse, la délicatesse et le raffinement. Chez Yam’tcha les parfums vous embaument, vous enrobent et vous désarment. Ses paraphes asiatiques sont d’une redoutable précision et vous rendra témoin d’une clairvoyance comme il vous sera rare à nouveau de retrouver. A l’image de ce ris de veau, à la flavescente épitoge, condimenté par un harmonieux mariage iodé entre les algues et les pétoncles séchées; le tout nimbé d’une émulsion vaporeuse, saline et sensuelle de pétoncles… Un vrai coup de tonnerre marino-​terrestre. Ainsi qu’un homard tout juste raidi par une cuisson attendrie et presque passionnelle, il est escorté par un jaune d’oeuf cuit dans du soja pour livrer sa céleste et pateline suavité; la composition est apposée sur une assise végétale de petits pois simplement divine…
L’assiette se vide à une cadence presque frénétique et l’on pense déjà au prochain voyage qui nous attend…

Bof
Lugubre, froid, vieux, sale, cher, prétentieux…

Dans ce resto j’aime pouvoir admirer la
talentueuse chef officier en face de nous. Les saveurs sont originales et allient l’asie et notre cuisine française. Maintenant le rapport qualité prix n’est pas top et ça n’engage que moi mais je préfère un bon Resto français créatif ou un bon japonais que chercher a tout prix a concilier les 2 cuisines au risqué de se perdre un peu

c’est trop compliqué de reserver et une fois qu’on y est après des semaines d’attente, la salle n’est oas terrible, le systeme des menus est discutable. C’est plutôt bon mais franchement rien d’extraordinaire Bref SURFAIT

Ok pour la cuisine mais trop cher par rapport aux autres défauts
Je suis allé dans ce restaurant en trainant un peu les pieds à cause de l’effet mode et des réservations à faire 3 mois à l’avance. Mais en toute objectivité : — Cuisine: Brillant, influences asiatiques en finesse, très intéressant. — Service et lieu: Rez de chaussé d’une rue sombre, j’avais froid au début du repas, je n’ai été réchauffé que par la chaleur de la cuisine dans la salle mais en partant je sentais le graillon. Le service est glacial et les thés arrivent systématiquement en retard (alors que le lieu est réputé pour les accords thé). Il y a aucune explication sur les accords thé qui sont pourtant très cher (25 €, ça fait cher l’eau chaude). Bilan: Ok pour la cuisine mais trop cher par rapport aux autres défauts.

A tester absolument
Quelle belle découverte que ce petit restaurant niché au coeur des Halles. Si la décoration est un peu light, la cuisine qu’on y sert est absolument fabuleuse, le mélange d’inspiration française et asiatique est une grande réussite. Les matières premières sont extraordinaires (des tomates de collections, des produits en provenance d’Asie, du tofu fumé, étonnant !). Chaque plat est une explosion de saveur et un régal. Seul petit hic, l’accord thé et mets proposé, il est un peu cher et né vaut pas forcément le coup. Les thés arrivent souvent une fois les plats terminés et alourdissent de beaucoup l’addition. La carte est donc un peu trop compliquée côté boisson et mérite d’être simplifiée et un peu moins chère ! Pour le reste, c’est une réussite et j’y retournerai !

Luxe, Calme et Volupté. (Ok je sors. Mais c’est le truc qu’il faut placer au moins une fois dans un avis)
Sérieusement ceci dit, ces 3 mots définissent plutôt très bien mon expérience chez Yamt’cha. Une expérience particulièrement poétique. Avec quelques fleurs même (littéralement, dans la soupe), et de petites étoiles dans les yeux. Il m’a fallu presque 4 mois pour me décider à écrire un avis, parce que c’est une cuisine qui effleure et qu’on n’a pas envie d’abîmer avec quelques mots balancés au hasard.
J’ai aussi eu la bêtise de né pas noter ce que j’avais mangé… Mais dans le flou de mes souvenirs je me souviens quand même d’une soupe au cresson et au foie gras d’une infinie volupté (oui, on y revient), d’une petite salade de moule magique, de plats aussi jolis que raffinés, un raffinement particulièrement féminin. Peut être est ce la touché d’Adeline Grattard. Peut être est ce l’influence chinoise de sa cuisine et le mariage thés-​mets qu’elle propose avec chaque plat. Pour 50 euros le menu midi, c’est vraiment une belle expérience. Je m’en veux de né pas me souvenir de la composition des plats, mais les quelques photos parleront d’elles mêmes.

Enfin ! Et bien ça n’a pas été sans mal, car il est très difficile de réserver, mais j’ai fini par réussir à aller déjeuner chez Yam Tcha: un ravissement…
Le menu dégustation est servi selon le marché du matin et l’inspiration des chefs (une Française et un Chinois) qui marient merveilleusement bien leurs inspirations.
Repas divin, d’un bout à l’autre ! Amuse-​bouche, 2 entrées, 2 plats, fromage et dessert, accompagnés de thé dans notre cas (mais il y a aussi une carte des vins pour les amateurs). Et tout était parfait, ²⁰⁄₂₀ à tous les plats (sauf le poisson, allez, ¹⁸⁄₂₀). Une explosion de saveurs qui se complètent délicieusement… Vraiment, un régal. Pas donné mais il faut ce qu’il faut… :-)
Pour les réservations, elles sont ouvertes le 10 du mois pour le moi suivant. Dès le 10 au soir, tous les dîners sont complets, mais il peut rester des places au déjeuner. L’endroit est petit, a reçu des critiques formidables dans le New York Times, dans le Monde — et sur Qype, bien sûr — donc évidemment, il se remplit très vite… A vos téléphones le 10 du mois prochain si vous voulez faire partie du petit cercle de privilégiés qui est passé chez Yam Tcha ! :-)

J’ai cru imploser de trop plein et de jouissance après le menu dégustation. Les desserts né sont pas le point fort, mais ce n’est pas grave car tout ce qui vient avant est excellent. Et le fait d’articuler les saveurs autour du thé ET du vin est une philosophie qui me convient fort bien.

I was extremely delighted about going to Yam’Tcha because it was my first time I heard about Chinese food with French influences in the dish. Simply put, it’s called fusion. Apparently, fusion isn’t big in France, and I’m not really into it, but I was interested how Chinese chef and a French chef would blend their expertise in the dishes. I love drinking tea, and they provided a tea pairing with each dish. I decided to go for the six course testing menu, and I was told that each dish came with a different tea.
The first dish was an appetizer of sweet potato noodles with thinly sliced vegetables such as carrots, turnips, red peppers, daikon radish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. It was my first time having sweet potato noodles and I really enjoyed the noodles with its sweet flavours mixed a variety of veggies.
The second dish was ventrèche which was thin sliced pork from the pig’s belly with fat and muscle, which looked almost raw to me, but after one taste, it was actually well cooked. It came with sliced up green beans. This dish reminded me of what is typically served in the start of some Chinese banquet dinners, except with more variety of meats and seafood.
The third dish of the prawn wontons. They were the biggest wontons I’ve had in my life. They were stuffed with fresh tasting prawns and very crunchy water chestnuts with a drizzle of a unique tasting sweet and sour sauce.
The four dish was steamed mackeral with black rice and green onions. I’m really picky about fish because I eat a lot of it at home. The mackeral tasted very fresh and I can honestly say that mackeral isn’t commonly served at a Chinese restaurant. However, steaming freshly caught fish with green onion is a popular way of cooking fish in Chinese cuisine.
The fifth dish was slice of roasted duck and sautéed eggplant with Sichuan pepper and coriander. I really liked this dish and it was spicy flavours and it really matches well with the eggplant.
The last dish was dessert. It was ginger ice cream with raspberries and peaches. You say, «ice cream is Chinese food?» Yes, ice cream was invented by the Chinese and it was brought to Europe by Marco Polo. I loved the ice cream and there was only a hint of ginger to the taste. It wasn’t too sweet too, which was nice.
Although, on the pricier side, I really enjoyed all of the dishes with the paring of the variety of teas from China. The teas were authentic as they were loose leaf and not from bags which are common at many French restaurants. I can honestly say that drinking all the tea also made me completely full after the meal.

Yes, this restaurant has been written up all over the place, and yes, it more than lives up to the hype. I’ve eaten a lot of great meals in Paris, and this is one of the best. Call today, and sign up for their next available table.
The food is amazing, and the service was impeccable.
They offer one menu de degustation every night, which they are happy to fix up for you if you have anything you don’t eat.
Maybe you have had many menus de degustation, but you may not have had one that offers you a beverage pairing where you can choose wine, tea, or wine and tea. I recommend the third option. Their tea sommelier is absolutely charming. I enjoy a cup of tea once in a while, but have not had anything quite like these. And it turns out it’s refreshing to alternate some tea in with your wine. Who knew? The chef is from Bourgogne, and so is much of the wine — I can only assume it wasn’t an accident.
Ah, but yes, there was food, too. Some restaurants sacrifice «delicious» for interesting, while other places go for safe, well-​tried combinations to improve the deliciousness factor. Yam’Tcha somehow finds the right combinations that hit both desires, reminding you that you love eating in restaurants because you love to be surprised and delighted with flavors you’d never thought of on your own. And they manage to keep the portions well-​sized so you’re not force-​feeding yourself at the end.
When they say Asian fusion, you may think «soy sauce — been there done that.» There was actually no soy sauce in any of our dishes. Think of the style of a Japanese kaiseki menu, with French, Chinese, and Japanese flavors.
The first dish we had was mussels, soy beans, and mushrooms. Next, we had langustine with corn, egg, and tiny cucumbers. The texture here was perfect. Next, a fish (rouget) with a slightly sweet sauce and ginger-​steamed cabbage. The cheese course featured shavings of gouda with dill. The dessert was a cheesecake with a spiced mixture of raspberries, figs and a shiso leaf garnish. There was a separate dish of pineapple mousse/​soup with sliced figs. All brilliant, all delicious.
The staff are all extremely kind, welcoming, and clearly very passionate about what they do. It’s an open kitchen, so you can watch the action. They have one table for two which is a cross between sitting at the bar and sitting in the kitchen. If you like to watch chefs in action, it could be a fun table.
Gluten-​free notes: Yes, it’s Asian fusion, but yes, you can eat here. And you will eat oh so very well. It can’t hurt to call ahead and mention you’re gluten-​free. The chef herself double-​checked all sauces in advance, and the only substitutions I noticed were the absence of bread and cheesecake. After the meal, the chef chatted with us to see if everything was okay and explained how she had taken care to make sure everything went well.

J’ai découvert ce restaurant cet été et je pense que je vais m’en rappeler tout au long de l’année… Ce minuscule écrin blotti dans le 1er arrondissement est encore une adresse confidentielle où il faut néanmoins réserver sa table plusieurs semaines à l’avance… Le menu dégustation-​découverte est un suprise de l’entrée au dessert. Adeline Grattard, la brillante chef de l’établissement compose votre repas selon son inspiration. Et les plats défilent comme les notes de bien-​être d’une partition. Un mélange de cuisine française et de cuisine chinoise revisités à travers la mise en scèné de produits de qualité !
Demandez l’accord mets-​thés. De délicieux thés verts ou thés fumés subliment les saveurs des plats qui vous sont présentés.
Les desserts sont simplissimes mais la présentation est bluffante… On termine le repas en se disant que oui: «tout vient à point à qui sait attendre !»

J’ai mis du temps pour y aller, mais un mois pour réserver né le rends pas non plus facile. Et cela vaut la peine: l’endroit est assez simple, mais confortable, tout le monde aux petits soins et la cuisine est vraiment superbe. Les produits d’excellente qualité, les cuissons sont super précises et les assaisonnements surprenants et justes.
En détail: Amuse bouche, deux entrées et deux plats (mention spéciale pour les aubergines sautées au wok qui accompagnent le canard), fromage (super fromage de l’Abbaye des Citeaux) et dessert pour 65 Euro (menu unique), c’est qui n’est pas donné non plus, mais on passé un très bon moment avec un dépaysement et des surprises garanties. Et quand la chef vous salue c’est un moment très sympathique+chaleureux!!!

Yam’Tcha veut dire manger en buvant du thé, et c’est ce que j’ai fait dans ce restaurant minuscule. Après un article dithyrambique de François Simon, nous voici avec notre réservation un dimanche soir…
Ce restaurant est une petite merveille… Les combinaisons de goût sont exquises dans la bouche, moi qui suit assez difficile pour la nourriture, les thés s’accordent très bien avec les plats et c’est agréable de boire chaud pendant un repas (et meilleur pour la digestion), le service est exquis, presque maladroit tellement ils veulent bien faire…
Depuis ce jour-​là, le restaurant a gagné une étoile Michelin, ce qui risqué d’allonger la liste d’attente.

je pourrais écrire un roman sur ce restaurant, je suis allé 2 fois depuis l’ouverture. Adeline et Chi-​Wa sont très gentils et tout le staff aussi d’ailleurs. J’ADORE ce mélange français-​chinois, un ingrédient occidental cuisiné à la chinoise, un ingrédient chinois qui se marie toujours bien avec un très bon produit français. La petite sélection de vins de bourgogne est parfaite.
Ce que j’apprécie de PLUS, on né sais jamais ce qui est prévu au menu, mais la surprise est toujours agréable. Chi-​Wa nous fait découvrir des thés très parfumés et peu connus de tout le monde.

La jeune chef Adeline Grattard qui a travaillé à L’Astrance et au Scribe, puis a fait un long séjour avec son mari chinois à Hong Kong dont la spécialité est le Yum Cha dont la prononciation est yam’ tcha ! Le nom veut également dire: déguster des petits plats vapeurs en buvant du thé.
La chef propose une gastronomie française originale à base de produits traditionnels dont le traitement est fortement inspiré par l’Asie.
Menu du déjeuner à 30 EUR, pour entrée, plat, fromage ou dessert. Menus à 45 et à 65 EUR. Le Menu Dégustation peut s’accompagner d’un accord thés à 25 EUR.

Nouvelle adresse ouvert le 25 mars. Anciennement les embruns.
Nouvelle propriétaire qui est aussi la Cheffe: Adeline. les Vapeurs asiatiques sont à l’honneur.
Ici la boisson reine est le Thé. Yam’Tcha veut tout simplement dire boire le the