They sold us dreams with their potato chips hanging from the ceiling during the “restaurant war”, and were able to make our biggest culinary fantasy of the year a reality. Adrien Cachot and Mallory Gabsi, respectively finalist and semi-finalist of the eleventh season of Top Chef , opened their pop-up chip shop in Paris on Thursday. Located on Quai de la Tournelle in the fifth arrondissement of the capital, the 140 ° Street restaurant takes up the principle of the establishment that they created from scratch as part of the "war of restaurants" test broadcast in April. latest.
Fries and potatoes at low prices, seasoned with two personalities from Adrien and Mallory, it attracts crowds! After a short day and a half of opening, the two restaurateurs were forced to temporarily put the key under the door, victims of their success. “We only had two fryers. We thought we would provide 400 covers in one day, and we were robbed in one noon, ”says Adrien to the Parisian . In the end, a thousand covers were served on Thursday alone.
This phenomenal success did not tarnish the motivation of the two cook buddies who reopened in the evening, according to The HuffPost . Initially, the pop-up restaurant was to close shop on August 1, but if the crowds remain at such a level, the experience may well come to an end.
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