The Sparkling Bistro hides in an unassuming courtyard inside some 70s residential buildings, literally a hidden gem. The lunch menu at 85€ is very good value for their offerings. Our appetizer was some small finger food with a biscuit and bacon taste, which reminded us of the barbecue-flavored potato chips. The cream one had a bitter note. Both appetizers were quite strongly seasoned. The lobster starter was very good: perfectly cooked lobster in a herbal flavor soup. It had some celery notes to it and also has a bitter hint. The soup was a clear color tomato soup, interesting visual, refreshing subtle acidity. The bitter salad that follows was not my favorite, but it's definitely creative from the ingredients, the plating as well as the flavors. For instance, the main vegetable was puntarelle, the "volcano asparagus". The most conventional part was the Hollandaise sauce. The main dish was Blonde d'Aquitaine, a kind of French beef. I think it's very well cooked to medium with a relatively strong sauce that complements it. The dessert is chocolate cream with some ginger flavored sauce, topped by cardamom ice cream. It's again interesting and creative, but probably not to everyone's taste. For people into Chinese food, the combination of ginger and cardamom reminds of a common braised meat dish (Chinese Goulash). These amplified the bitterness of the dark chocolate, and didn't complement the coffee like a normal sweet dessert. It's probably better to enjoy the dessert on its own or with tea instead. Out of the 5 dishes, the consistent flavor was a slight bitter note, that is quite unexpected and interesting, but in a good way. The lunch menu also came with a 55€ wine pairing that we didn't take. We got two glasses of non-alcoholic drinks, which costs about 15€ a bottle. We had about 100 ml per glass for 30€. Considering that restaurants usually charge triple the cost for drinks, this seems rather steep (5-6x the cost) compared to the reasonably priced lunch menu.