All over the world, spies have their favourite hangouts for hush-hush conversation and impromptu reunions. This week, Intelligence Online digs in at Au Piment du Centre, a Paris restaurant frequented by the city's eminent Chinese residents.
No matter their proximity to their country's business and intelligence interests in Paris, Chinese hosts planning ultra-discreet culinary gatherings go for restaurants that can guarantee truly authentic cuisine - eateries that offer off-menu dishes for lovers of regional specialities and tables set far enough apart to thwart eavesdropping. Au Piment du Centre, located on the French capital's Boulevard de Sébastopol, ticks all the right boxes.
