Temporary Covid La Première Lounge

La Première Lounge (temporary) at CDG

As door 1L opened, I bid adieu to the wonderful Anne and was met by my PA for the next 90 minutes.  We walked down the stairs from the jetbridge to our waltiing BMW 7 series....

And pulled into the lower level of Terminal 2E some five minutes later.

Sadly, there is no private La Première security during Covid and although my PA cut to the front on the line, we got the line seemingly staffed with incompetent blood relatives of Inspector Clouseau.  It took 10 minutes for my backback and laptop to finally make it thru the conveyor as these clowns disappeared, then returned, removed bags, rescanned them ahead of mine, disappeared the returned, all the while having trouble getting the conveyor moving again.   After this, it was a short walk to current temporary La Première Lounge, located on the mezzanine level of the Business Class Lounge.  The mezzanine has its own secret door which and the La Première Lounge agent was waiting for us at the door as we arrived.  Not nearly as nice as the regular La Première Lounge, but it worked today for my all too short visit. 

Ahh.  That's more like it.

Today's Alain Ducasse menu, somewhat abbreviated from the main menu.  But still will all the classics.

Oh yeah.

I started with the decadent Pate en croute dde volaille et foie gras de canard.  OMG, this was wonderful.

And naturally, my all time fave, Coquillettes jambon/truffe noir aka Mac and cheese Alain Ducasse style.  Fabulous as always.  With another glass of Champagne.

My PA had given me a 2:45pm departure time which seemed a little rushed considering there were only 44 passengers on the entire flight.  Much to her chagrin, I wanted a shower and did convince her that I would be very fast. So we headed downstairs to the Business Class part of the lounge where I rushed and was in and out and dressed in 7 minutes.  And off to the races.