Hot and Sour Tomatoes

It was early June and I was dining at Early June, a quaint, walk-in-only restaurant in Paris’s charming 10th arr. It was 8:30 p.m. but bright as day—the energy was just right. The restaurant was hosting a pop-up menu for Belly, a British restaurant, which was surprisingly flexible in accommodating my dietary restrictions, unlike my previous experiences with pop-ups. Our entire meal was perfect: from the spicy, juicy tomato and burrata appetizer (that inspired this) down to the strawberry gr