This morning Megan and I decided to have a separate day, until the Hidden Kitchen this evening, anyway. Breakfast for me was a croissant from my favorite patisserie, dragon fruit, cheese and meat with of course cafe au lait. After a discussion in class Yesterday about neighbor hood preferences I thought why not walk a couple of steps more every time when I really do prefer the people in the one on rue Rockett? This morning I put thought to action and took the extra few steps the the patisserie where the people smile and say bonjour like they mean it! The dragon fruit here is totally different from what I have seen at home, and much better; juicy, sweet and fucia in color. Probably what our creator meant for dragon fruit to be!
Getting off the St Michele metro at St. Andre des Arts feels like being home. I wandered down familiar streets to our favorite purse shop, Max. Once again I fell vicim to the need for a new purse. It was almost a financial disaster as there were two that I really liked! But I had trouble swallowing the price of one of them. Now I can't wait to get back to the apartment and get my stuff into it! I wandered on up rue Dauphine to rue de Buci and on toward St Suplice. To a store that makes my heart beat rapidly. La Comptior de Famille is filled with lots of red, white and fruity kitchen ware. I think I could just live in the store! I have lived in my home for over 7 years and have looked to replace the utensil holder I have now, it is actually a wine bottle chiller and needs to be free to live it’s rightful life. I had seen a couple of utensil holders for my stove in May and not purchased either, another part of my mission was to get one and I did. Getting all this home will be an adventure!
Wandering and breathing in the smells, sounds and sights of Paris I realize that I could indeed live here. I think Jodi could lead these city street people right out of the ninetieth century! Seriously, paint cross walks by hand, I wonder when we last did that in the states?
I decided to stop for a goodie at Paul. Paul was the patisserie I patronized when we brought the kids the first time. It was close, and looked nice. I later found our that it is a chain all over Paris, and beyond. My waitress was a short little lady, who has several years on me and a somewhat dour disposition towards me. I had a lovely rhubarbe tart , red fruits tea and a rest. I love listening to the background chatter in places like this. For a while the JUles Verne restaurant at he Eiffel tower had that sort of back ground chatter on their website, and sometimes when I got lonely for PAris I would just bring up that website. IT is gone now, though. Anyway, it was filling to sit there and get my belly full. I had to return to the apartment to rest up for the hHdden Kitchen - Paris!
We arrived first, and got to chat with Laura and Meg. We were greeted with Champagne with a lychee floating, which gave it a nice appearnce and flavor! I am not usually a fan of Lychees, but this was nice! There was a couple from Boston, A couple from Engalnd and a man from LA sitting near us, the only problem with this dinner, to my way of thinking, is that one does not get to know the folks at the other end of the table. The Amusee Bouche was fried sage leaf in a rosemary gratinata, the sage leaf alone was to die for!.. Followed by A beat and potatoe Carpaccio, linguini with romano and black pepper. Then came sort of a soup with a roasted sardine ( too bomy, the soup was fabulous, but the fish reminded me of the fish from yesterday - boney!), this was followed by a palate cleanser of a mint Julep. NExt came Rabbit deep fried over a spicy legume, after wich came caroline sloshing her water all over the table! Seriously the next course was beef cheeks and dessert was mandarin shotrcake, with mandarin ice cream, and finally petite fours. Appropriate wine with course and coffee with dessert, It was another fabulous experience, both with the food, and the people I got to meet tonight!
This morning Megan and I decided to have a separate day, until the hidden kitchen this evening, anyway. Breakfast for me was a croissant from my favorite patisserie, dragon fruit, cheese and meat with of course cafe au lait. After a discussion in class Yesterday about neighbor hood preferences I thought why not walk a couple of steps more every time when I really do prefer the people in the one on rue Rockett? This morning I put thought to action and took the extra few steps the the patisserie where the people smile and say bonjour like they mean it! The dragon fruit here is totally different from what I have seen at home, and much better; juicy, sweet and fucia in color. Probably what our creator meant for dragon fruit to be!
Getting off the St Michele metro at St. Andre des Arts feels like being home. I wandered down familiar streets to our favorite purse shop, Max. Once again I fell vicim to the need for a new purse. It was almost a financial disaster as there were two that I really liked! But I had trouble swallowing the price of one of them. Now I can't wait to get back to the apartment and get my stuff into it! I wandered on up rue Dauphine to rue de Buci and on toward St Suplice. To a store that makes my heart beat rapidly. La comptior de Famille is filled with lots of red, white and fruity kitchen ware. I think I could just live in the store! I have lived in my home for over 7 years and have looked to replace the utensil holder I have now, it is actually a wine bottle chiller and needs to be free to live it’s rightful life. I had seen a couple of utensil holders for my stove in May and not purchased either, another part of my mission was to get one and I did. Getting all this home will be an adventure!
Wandering and breathing in the smells, sounds and sights of Paris I realize that I could indeed live here. I think Jodi could lead these city street people right out of the ninetieth century! Seriously, paint cross walks by hand, I wonder when we last did that in the states?
I decided to stop for a goodie at Paul. Paul was the patisserie I patronized when we brought the kids the first time. It was close, and looked nice. I later found our that it is a chain all over Paris, and beyond. My waitress was a short little lady, who has several years on me and a somewhat dour disposition towards me. I had a lovely rhubarbe tart , red fruits tea and a rest. I love listening to the background chatter in places like this. For a while the JUles Verne restaurant at he Eiffel tower had that sort of back ground chatter on their website, and sometimes when I got lonely for PAris I would just bring up that website. IT is gone now, though. Anyway, it was filling to sit there and get my belly full. I had to return to the apartment to rest up for the hHdden Kitchen - Paris!
We arrived first, and got to chat with Laura and Meg. We were greeted with Champagne with a lychee floating, which gave it a nice appearnce and flavor! I am not usually a fan of Lychees, but this was nice! There was a couple from Boston, A couple from Engalnd and a man from LA sitting near us, the only problem with this dinner, to my way of thinking, is that one does not get to know the folks at the other end of the table. The Amusee Bouche was fried sage leaf in a rosemary gratinata, the sage leaf alone was to die for!.. Followed by A beat and potatoe Carpaccio, linguini with romano and black pepper. Then came sort of a soup with a roasted sardine ( too bomy, the soup was fabulous, but the fish reminded me of the fish from yesterday - boney!), this was followed by a palate cleanser of a mint Julep. NExt came Rabbit deep fried over a spicy legume, after wich came caroline sloshing her water all over the table! Seriously the next course was beef cheeks and dessert was mandarin shotrcake, with mandarin ice cream, and finally petite fours. Appropriate wine with course and coffee with dessert, It was another fabulous experience, both with the food, and the people I got to meet tonight!
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