Pharamond

Except in a short and suspicious line of the Chronicle of Prosper, (in tom.i. p. 638,) the name of Pharamond is never mentioned before the seventh century.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Note: The first mention of Pharamond is in the Gesta Francorum, assigned to about the year 720.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

He told us that the cab had been ordered to take us to Pharamond.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

I was impressed to find that I was being driven to Pharamond, named in honour of the fabled first King of France, on the rue de la Grande Truanderie.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

I was impressed to find that I was being driven to Pharamond, named in honour of the fabled first King of France, on the rue de la Grande Truanderie.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

Lunch in Grosvenor Square did not rival breakfast at Pharamond, but, given the circumstances, it was exactly comme il faut: pea soup and turbot followed by Welsh lamb, with the consolation of rice pudding for dessert.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

“If Epicurus had come to Paris, Pharamond is where most he would have wished to dine.”

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

He told us that the cab had been ordered to take us to Pharamond.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

Lunch in Grosvenor Square did not rival breakfast at Pharamond, but, given the circumstances, it was exactly comme il faut: pea soup and turbot followed by Welsh lamb, with the consolation of rice pudding for dessert.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

“If Epicurus had come to Paris, Pharamond is where most he would have wished to dine.”

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009