MOST UNDERRATED RESTAURANT IN PARIS 🍽️ (Why is it NOT famous?)

Bonjour, it's Théo. Today we are back with Hugo. Hi. Are you hungry? You can hear that the planes are... The war is starting. No, the war is starting, I know. The planes are practicing for the Olympics. We are trying Lava. It's a beautiful restaurant opened by Wilfried Romain. He was a contestant of Top Chef a few years ago and has a big fan of Top Chef. I can't wait to make you try this restaurant. And they even have an open terrace, which is really nice. But the inside also is beautiful. It's really elegant. We have a good table between the restaurant and the terrace. I'm really happy to be here today. I tried it like one year ago when it was still called Le Louis-Vin. It was the other name when they bought the restaurant. And now it's Lava. It changes all the artistic direction. But you can see it's really elegant inside. The vibe of the restaurant, everything is black or charcoal. And it's a really creative cuisine. It's a chef cuisine. You will try many different stuff, many different tastes and flavors that you usually don't see. And I know that Wilfried loves to work with many exotic ingredients. So I can't wait to try his menu. Are you ready? I'm so ready to try it. Because I know you're also a food lover. You love gastronomic food. I love gastronomic food, especially French food. So I can't wait to try. You can find the seeds, the veggies, the meat. That can also change according to the seasons. But Wilfried also makes a carte blanche menu. Like a freestyle menu. Where you have five different dishes. And you don't know what you're gonna eat. You can just tell your restrictions. And he's gonna make something just for you. And we're gonna try this freestyle menu. I can't wait to see what we're gonna eat. Cheers! We are starting the freestyle menu. It's beautiful. Even the plate is beautiful. Like the choice of the plate is creative. We start with the artichoke. You have some artichoke chips. Kind of a naan as a bread on the bottom. And an artichoke puree inside. A little coriander oil. It looks perfect. It looks really good. Can't wait to try. All the food at this restaurant is inspired by Wilfried's travels. Because he traveled a lot all around the world. So you can find different seasonings and ingredients. That you can find in other countries. I just destroyed everything. It's how you eat it, you know. You want to try first? Let's go. How do you feel the artichoke? Really good. The different textures? So soft. A bit salty, you know. Really really good. It's like a cloud in the mouth, you know. You're a food critic. I love your words. Let's go. Yeah. It's really tasty. Like strong in flavors. Even just the bread, it's caramelized. You feel this roastiness. The artichoke, it's a veggie that you don't eat that much at home, you know. But it's perfect. It's a bit like spicy. Maybe you have some curry or a little spice. It's really really good. And you also have like the crisp, like artichoke crisp. I think it's really good. And it gives a new texture on the top. Like it's perfect. It's comfort food with veggies like artichoke. I couldn't imagine that. What I like is that you have really strong taste. It's like going everywhere in your mouth. You have the spice. You have the tenderness of the artichoke. It's really nice. We keep going with the second dish. This is the veal tartare. You have a little cream at the bottom. A parmigiano tile on top. And it's mixed with a chimichurri sauce. In the carte blanche menu, the freestyle menu by the chef, you have multiple small dishes that you can discover. You can taste many different seasonings. So even if it looks a bit small, it's because you have five different dishes to try. Cut it. Let's cut it. Let's break the ice. You feel the chimichurri? Really good. I can't wait to try mine. I'm gonna cut it. The raw veal for a tartare, it's delicious. You have all the saltiness of the cheese. It's really tasty. The spice comes after it. You have the herbs of the chimichurri. It's a really good dish. You have a little crackers at the bottom under the cream. Made with parmigiano. The flavors are really strong. I love the flavors in this restaurant. It's strong. You discover creative cuisine with really strong taste. It's not like a cliche of the elegant but flavorless cuisine. Like it's really really strong. You have little bombs of flavor in each dish. I love it. It's time for the third dish. We have the lean fish. Cooked with many different seasonings. It looks beautiful. We have a crab infused mousse. Some green peas. The skin of the fish is crispy on top. The sauce with many seasonings with ginger. It looks incredible. Just the smell is really good. So I just can't wait to try. As we say in French, it looks incredible. So good. There is like this small like roasted taste with like a bit of sugar. The crab sauce is really really good. Even just with the bread in the sauce. Really tasty. You can feel like it's really... The taste is really strong. So you can really feel like the crab and all the flavors. It's really good. You can feel the crab, the fishiness in the sauce. There is no taste that is overcoming the others. Everything is balanced. It's a really good one. The fish is perfectly cooked. It's tender. It's juicy. It's a really good dish. It's time for the fourth dish. This is the last savory one. And after we're gonna have a dessert. So we have the pork that is cooked with a barbecue sauce. We have some mandarin inside. We're gonna have a citrus taste. And this is a confit eggplant. And it looks wonderful. All the dishes were incredible. Incredibly tasty. All of them are like signature dishes. And you can try like many of them in the signature menu in the carte blanche. So I really recommend to try it. You have a little bit of crispiness on the top. Let's go. Let's try it. Yeah. The eggplant is really soft. Like it's melting in your mouth. And all the juice has so much taste. It's really reduced. It's cooked for a long time. So it's really caramelized. There is a little lemon cream right here. That is really strong. And I'm gonna try with the lemon. And the pork. That's so good. The pork is so juicy. So tender. The little burnt lemon cream. It gives a little kick at the end. That's crazy. Like all the different texture. All the different taste that you have in only one dish. It's incredible. What do you think about it? It's really really really good. You know like the lemon cream just like reveal all the flavor of the pork. Everything is delicious. That's crazy. You need to fill up this restaurant. Like you need to come to Lava because it's crazy. Everything is good. I think it's like one of the best we did for now. I think it's one of the best we did together. And after finishing the dish of course you take all the sauce with the bread. This is the best part. In every french meal this is the best part. And now we are trying the dessert. It's an exquisity for us because they are launching the dessert just tonight. So we are a bit early on this. You have a strawberry ice cream. A strawberry sorbet. Some marinated strawberries. And another sorbet at the bottom with lime, mint and coriander. And it looks really good. I can't wait to try all the different flavors. It's perfect to finish the meal. Like after all the different strong flavors and the sauces and the spice. You have this freshness of the ice. It's perfectly fresh. Okay we thought it was finished. But no we still have a dessert to finish. Because the little dessert we had was just like a pre-dessert. It was just the exclusivity to discover the new dessert that will be on the menu tonight. But the real dessert comes just after it. It's time to finish with the real dessert. We have a chocolate ganache with some smoked butter inside. Some sesame nougatine. It's gonna give a crispiness. Chocolate coated cornflakes. It looks really nice. Like I'm sure that all the mix is perfect. Let's go. I'm gonna take everything. It's still really strong. Really flavorful. You have a little bit of cardamom in the ganache. Like the cardamom in the chocolate. It gives a little freshness. It's like eating a fragrance with cardamom. With the taste of the dark chocolate. It mixes perfectly. We finish with a coffee. Honestly I don't understand why this restaurant is almost empty during lunch. Because it's incredible. Like all the dishes were so strong. So flavorful. And you don't usually find that many restaurants that have like so many different incredible dishes. All of them were crazy. All of them were as good as a signature dish. Like it could be like the signature dish you want to try all the time. Each one of the dishes could be this signature. So if you come to Paris you need to try Lava. I think you also really love the restaurant. Like it was crazy. One of the best we tried together. And I think it's at the top of the restaurant I tried on this channel. And if you come to Paris you need to try Lava. It's located in the Quartier Latin near the Panthéon, the Luxembourg Garden. Lava is unmissable. Now it's time to visit the kitchen with Wilfried the chef. We are going inside. Like cuisine. The kitchen. You can also book a bigger table for many people. So Wilfried thank you so much for this meal. It was a pleasure. Can you tell us a little bit about your work with your kitchen, your cuisine. You love to do like a travel cuisine with inspiration from many different of your travels. Yeah of course. I was lucky to travel a lot. I like to cook what I saw during my travel. And you can really feel that in the menu because each dish has its own universe. You can feel like the indian cuisine, the asian cuisine. Different ingredients that you can find in other countries. With french bases like the tartare, the artichoke. We like to you know use some stuff from everywhere. From countries like Peru, like Japan, like Australia anyway. And but with some fresh technique. It's important for us to do something like that. That's perfect. Thank you. Merci. That's crazy. It was really good. Really really good. If you come to Paris you need to try Lava. For creative cuisine. To discover the work of an incredible chef. Lava is the perfect place. And if you want to explore Paris and discover the french way of life. Don't forget to subscribe to this youtube channel. I post every single day. So see you tomorrow.