Muscat – Qahwa World
A Parisian taste arrives in Muscat as Entrecôte Café de Paris opens at St. Regis Al Mouj, Muscat Resort, introducing its world-renowned single-menu concept and the original Café de Paris butter— a recipe guarded for four generations.
The story of Entrecôte Café de Paris began in 1930 in Geneva, at Café de Paris on Rue du Mont-Blanc. It was here that patron Chef Boubier created the now-famous Café de Paris butter, a recipe whose exact composition remains a closely held secret to this day.
In 1942, Chef Boubier passed the recipe to his daughter and son-in-law, Arthur Dumont, who transformed the restaurant into a concept that would redefine simplicity in dining. Their idea was precise and uncompromising: a single-menu formula consisting of a fresh green salad, 180 grams of prime entrecôte steak, generously served with the signature Café de Paris butter, accompanied by homemade French fries.
The formula achieved immediate and enduring success. While many have attempted to replicate both the menu and the sauce, none have matched its distinctive flavour, texture or legacy — a philosophy captured in the restaurant’s enduring motto, “Toujours Imité, Jamais Égalé”; Always Imitated, Never Equaled.
Now arriving in Muscat, Entrecôte Café de Paris offers guests an experience defined not by choice, but by mastery.
Today, this legacy is upheld by the Vouillamoz family, custodians of Café de Paris in Geneva and guardians of the original butter recipe. Prepared exclusively in Geneva, following the same closely guarded method established decades ago, the Café de Paris butter continues to be made where the story began. From there, it is transported by air from Geneva to Entrecôte Café de Paris restaurants around the world, ensuring that each plate served remains faithful to its origins — authentic, uncompromised, and unchanged.
