Le Dauphin, a new restaurant by chef Fred Penau in the 11th arrondissement in Paris, is designed as an ‘obsession in white’. The predominant use of marble, mirrors and wood, provides a pure scenographic background for Le Dauphin’s cuisine. The materials enlarge 80 square metre space through reflection, as street-facing mirrored surfaces blur the boundary between interior and exterior.
Le Dauphin, scheduled to open at the beginning of December 2010, is conceived as a complement to Le Châteaubriand, one of the world’s most critically acclaimed restaurants, also by Fred Peneau, and Iniaki Aispitarte, located two doors down.
The Fooding prize is a new alternative to the traditional French restaurant rating system, and is awarded by lefooding.com, an alternative restaurant and culinary guide.
Rem Koolhaas is a Dutch architect who is also the co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
