This restaurant, set on the edge of the Jordaan, is blessed with Art Nouveau detailing and wallpaper that is so darkly evocative of fin-de-siècle living it may inspire a thirst for absinthe and Symbolist poetry. But the views of the Herengracht canal and the attentive and friendly service help create a more purely romantic setting in which to settle down and enjoy the French-inspired menu, which in the winter emphasizes hearty game dishes (venison with a red-wine and shallot sauce) and in the summer -- when the seating spills out into the street -- offers lighter fare with unusual but inspired flavor combinations.