Top Chef Mohamed Cheikh at La Pagode de Cos, La Réserve restaurant

Mohamed Cheikh 's culinary adventures continue in the capital at least until the end of the year. The winner of the2021 edition of"Top Chef" is the guest, in ephemeral residence at La Pagode de Cos, one of the restaurants of theParisian hotel La Réserve, under the benevolent eye of Jérôme Banctel, 2-star chef of the Parisian palace. His menu will run until December 4, 2021.

Since winning the M6 culinary competition,Mohamed Cheikh has chosen to multiply his ephemeral culinary projects. While his pop-up restaurant Manzili, set up in the Jardin de Plantes and never deserted, has just closed its doors, Mohamed Cheikh is already in the midst of his new project. This time, it's still ephemeral , but the chef is set to continue the adventure in Paris, in a new establishment to follow...

This time, it was two-starred chef Jérôme Banctel, head of the kitchens at the5-star hotel and restaurant Le Gabriel, who invited Mohamed Cheikh to take over the reins at La Pagode de Cos for two months. And it's no coincidence that Mohamed Cheikh completed his very first kitchen internship with Jérôme Banctel, at Alain Senderens.

For his first time at the helm of a palace kitchen, the latest winner of"Top Chef" offers us contemporary, travel cuisine, imbued with flavors from around the world. Naturally, she honors her origins, with dishes twisted with oriental tendencies and blended with fine produce and culinary savoir-faire.

Mohamed Cheikh starts us off with dishes to share. Between red tuna sashimi with beet, soy and red shiso, and yellowtail crudo with white grapefruit, Kalamansi condiment and ponzu sauce, our heart sways. Think of pairing it with a tasty glass of Champagne or a delicious cocktail like the alcohol-free Rosa below, made with raspberry, lemon and lemonade.

For starters, we're tempted by the Poulpe Fiction, which combines glazed carrots, zaa'tar hummus and harissa sauce to spice things up. We also fall for the excellent St Jacques à la plancha (scallops cooked a la plancha ), which combines with the sweetness of avocado, all spiced up with a vinaigrette of passion fruit, persimmon and Kalamanta olives to awaken our taste buds.

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On the main course, the Cabillaud Arabica is divine. Imagine a perfectly cooked cod that reveals sweet notes of coffee, accompanied by roasted parsnips, dates, miso rib juice and toasted bread powder.

Do you like tagines? Then you're going to love Braised Poultry. Imagine poultry with moist flesh and crispy skin, combined with olives and preserved lemon, and served with spiced pommes grenaille. It's sure to be a delightful journey.

For dessert, the millefeuilles take on the allure of baklawa, the panna cotta is flavored with cocoa and the famous Signature"Nomade" dessert (with which Mohamed won the restaurant war on "Top Chef") becomes a tart.

We love the lightness of the millefeuille, with its hints of orange blossom. The Nomade tart remains an obvious must-try.

Reservations for Mohamed Cheikh 's residence at La Pagode de Cos are now open. Don't miss out. And if you weren't able to get a table at Manzili, this is a great opportunity to catch up, and finally savor Mohamed Cheikh's cuisine.