Gastronomy: La Villa Corse, Paris

Here I was thinking that Wanderlust! would gradually move away from its food theme...Had a fantastic lunch at La Villa Corse in the 16th a couple of weeks ago. Quiet neighbourhood the 16th, fairly upmarket, in fact very upmarket and très bourgeois - but it has a wide offering of restaurants from the formal and expensive to the more casual and inexpensive. La Villa Corse is somewhere in the middle, not exactly brasserie dining but won't break the bank either. With a lounge bar, a library with books laden on dark wood shelves and a formal lounge- it speaks of long lingering dinners, but lunch worked just as well though.

My daughter and I had the risotto with prawns, there was the cabillaud on a bed of spinach and the vegetable pasta in a delightful sauce, that my son 'the vegetarian'; he of the "a vegetarian is someone who eats healthily" statement, thoroughly enjoyed.
Rounded it off with a bottle of rosé,  which is fast becoming my drink of choice after champagne.
Just off Rue Malakoff, close to Metro Porte Maillot, it was a lovely choice for a Saturday lunch. There is another La Villa Corse in the 15th according to the waiter - also just as popular.
It was quiet the day we were there and apparently, Fridays are the busier days, Saturday afternoons quieter and it picks up again on Saturday nights.

La Villa Corse
141 Avenue Malakoff
75016, PARIS

The Cabillaud on a bed of spinach

Vegetable pasta

Risotto with prawns