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Tucked away in a small street not far from busy St Germain des Pres, is this blessedly quiet, pink and cosy, lunch place complete with pink marble floors, old china decorations and white table cloths (which are more and more rare these days). When asked about the day's special, the waitress told of us "Maman's" lovely couscous. Concerning wine, we learned it was a small Bordeaux specially chosen by "mon mari" from the Bordeaux region, leading to a chat about the area as my lunch companion was also from there. When "maman" came around letting us know of deserts, in fast French and I needed a repetition, and she stopped somewhere in the middle of the list to check on something, the waitress came back. I seemed to have heard of a crumble, but she said, "non, non not crumble today. I made all the cakes". We ordered a scrumptious glazed chestnut ("marron glacé") cake, to die for. Behind the cashier counter, was our pastry chef's son in a large arm chair playing a video game, and like everywhere else, Mom had a hard time getting him up to drop the game, get up and go back to school for the afternoon. Grandma came around to take care of that in a hurry.A simple but tasty main dish, dessert, coffee and a glass of wine per person came out to about 70€ for two - an average price for the area.