Lunch in Paris

Recommended by Sasha: L'Ecrin, 31 rue de Richelieu, Paris II. Just north of rue de Rivoli. I got kitchen spaghetti bolognese for lunch when I went, so it's not haute cuisine, but it's friendly, it's cosy, and it's value for money.
It was specially needed after finding that I had to stand in the rain in a puddle to get into the Byzantine exhibition at the Grand Palais. Twenty minutes early and no room inside to queue, twenty minutes of being poked in the back by the umbrellas of chic parisian ladies (Oh, Monsieur, pardon!). It was worth it though. Particularly the bit of the chain which was used to close the Golden Horn to shipping, around ten metres of it.