24/09/2026
Today I’m taking you to Paris’s very hip 9th arrondissement, just a few steps from the always buzzing Avenue Trudaine, to discover Double Impact. Nothing to do with the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, except for the serious slap in the face I got from discovering Chef Etienne Dupuy’s cooking, after training with Alléno, at Noma and alongside Adrien Cachot.
The restaurant is a wonderfully peaceful little cocoon, where you can sit at a table or, even better, grab a seat at the counter facing the open kitchen.
For the menu, appropriately named “The Odyssey”, you have to trust the chef, just as Ulysses trusted his fate. The incredibly friendly Mickaël brings each dish to the table without telling you what it is, and that’s exactly how it should be. Forget your preconceptions: like the King of Ithaca, you sail into the unknown, and the surprises are as numerous as they are divine.
I’m not going to spoil everything, make sure you look through all the photos,but the barbecued lamb tripe with mint tirokafteri, garlic, jalapeño, Greek yogurt and eggplant caviar, something I probably would never have ordered à la carte, was an absolute banger. The “Sardine Bomb”, a raviole filled with sardine broth, creamy tamago egg and smoked butter, genuinely explodes in your mouth.
And to keep the Odyssey going, most of the dishes were paired with Greek w**es, lovingly selected by Paul, the extremely talented sommelier. And let me tell you: Greek w**es seriously deserve more attention.
In short, an experience full of surprises, led by an incredibly endearing team. Double Impact is therefore doubly approved by the Ministry of FrenchFood!
❤️🍷 : Great Ch*****ne La Terre Mère by Alexis Leconte, amazing white greek w**e Santorini cuvée Palatia by , very cool Côtes du Rhône Beatus Ille by Famille Isabel Ferrando and refreshing Turbullent Pet Nat by Domaine Sérol
🍽️ : Restaurant Double Impact
Chef :
Sommelier : paul.lambert.w**e
GM : Mickaël Robinault
57, rue Claude Rodier
75009 Paris, France