Um, Richard isn't a tourist. He lives there with his boyfriend Vincent and gives tours for tourists. His sandwich is actually salmon and whitefish, and I've had it before, and it's excellent. The size doesn't really show, but I think it's about a foot and a half long, and I found it elegantly set out on the plate. When's the last time you had a sandwich that looked like that in America -- or hot chocolate made out of a chocolate bar melted into a cup?

Richard's tours and blog: http://www.eyepreferparis.com/

He has his trip to Strasbourg in there at the top...you have to go to previous pages to see some of his Paris entries.

I hate when people make smug assumptions. If you don't know what's on the sandwich, ask.

P.S. if you are in that neighborhood and DON'T want to go to the touristy place, you'll skip the Sarah Bernhardt café and go to le Zimmer across the way.

Also, if you're in that neighborhood, go to Les Halles (the underground mall) and go to Espace Createurs, for some really inventive clothing by a lot of unknown young designers. Some amazing stuff.

And P.P.S. If anybody knows what happened to Ralph Kemp, my favorite young designer, please e-mail me at adviceamy at a o l dot com