Try the foie gras, the escargots, the potage Saint-Germain and the souffls -- all wonderful. l The Oak Room -- Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Ave.

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Eventually, during a trip to Paris, I was coerced by the garlicky perfume emerging from my brother's appetizer of escargots (as the French call the edible land-based ones), and I caved.

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