Noglu, Paris
There is Paris and there are its enchanting “Passages” that I personally love so much. There is Walter Benjamin, in his remarkable book Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle, « Ces passages, nouvelle invention du luxe industriel, sont des galeries recouvertes de verre, lambrissées de marbre, qui traversent des blocs entiers d’immeubles dont les propriétaires se sont regroupés en vue de telles spéculations. De part et d’autre de ces galeries, qui reçoivent le jour d’en haut, s’alignent les boutiques les plus élégantes, en sorte qu’un pareil passage est une ville, un monde en miniature. » The passages like new galleries that make their way through blocks of buildings, they receive day light from the above, and with their many shops they are a miniature world, a city in its own right. Inside the beautiful Passage des Panoramas, not far from the Galerie Vivienne, stays precious and hidden like a gem Noglu, the first gluten-free restaurant that opened in Paris in 2012. Created by the talented Frédérique Jules, Noglu offers exquisite gluten-free cuisine, often lactose-free, and lately it opened the Take Away just …