I LOVE the beginning of a season and HATE when it ends. That's the story with oysters, best of course in months with an "R" and so here we are almost the last day of April, the last "R" month until September. So on Sunday we feasted on plump, huitres Tsarskaya from the oyster beds off Cancale. Huge, meaty, slightly briny, a slight hint  of hazelnuts, they were "created" in 2004, following a lovely history. In the 19th century, oysters from Cancale were delivered to the czars in Russia. For more than 30 years, we made Le Dome our Sunday lunch restaurant , always loving the ambience of the terrace, the friendly maitre d, Jacques and Stephane. Folllowing the oysters, I had a most intriguing spicy octopus salad (too many red peppercorns) laced with an avalanche of fresh herbs. 

Le Dome, 106, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris, France. Telephone: 01 43 35 25 81. Metro: Vavin.