Lunch

[indigo_rose99]

We set out in search of lunch today.  T was in search of a restaurant, but kept skipping every one we passed.  After the 10th, I decided that we should have pain au chocolate at the next pastry shop.  And something else at the pastry shop after that.  Subsequently, I decided we were stopping at EVERY pastry shop until he settled on a restaurant.  He didn't. 

Four hours later, neither of us were hungry.

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[steelgoh.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmm. Eating from every pastry shop I pass in France. Sounds like a delightful solution to me!! Europeans know pastry.

While I was studying London, I had to cross a busy street every morning on my way to school. At that corner was a pastry shop that must've vented their ovens' exhaust directly onto the waiting street-crossers. I rarely made it past that pastry shop if I had *any* time to spare before class. Ahhhhh, the steak pies, curry puffs, hot buns, ham rolls....heavenly.

I hope that you are both having a lot of fun. And that you have also found several restaurants that are as good as the pastry shops!

[indigo-rose99.livejournal.com]

*laugh* It really was terrific. When I got something good (half the time I had no idea what I was ordering), we each got to taste. And when the item turned out to only be so-so, then it wasn't so big as to overwhelm.

I think my walk to work tomorrow will not cross any pastry shops, happily. And perhaps when it is still dark they will be closed.

Last night T finally chose a restaurant. I was ready with my pastry shop plan. *grin*

It was kinda like a bar, but with a restaurant. We ordered the flat rate 19Euro menu and it felt very traditional French. The appetizer had snails and mushrooms and tomatoes and pastry (YUM!). The entree had yummy potato and quiche-like cakes on the, while being duck. I liked the duck part, and ate the more cooked edges where it was waved next to a flame. When I discovered the raw hunk in the middle I just gave it to T, who seemed to appreciate it far more than me. Yes, I'm sure raw meat is a delicacy, but I just cannot eat it. Dessert for me was a molten chocolate cake, but T won that one with soft cookie-like things enclosing chocolate mousse.

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

I hope you have tried the chocolat chaud. It does not have sugar in it, you put it in yourself, so you are never overwhelmed with sugar as happens here.

[indigo-rose99.livejournal.com]

No, not yet. What is chaud? Where would I find it?

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

It is hot chocolate. You can usually find it in the cafes and some pastry shops. I love the pastry shops in Paris. J and I went to Laduree. It is the home of the macaroon. They have about 30 flavors including dark chocolate and pistachio - some of my favorites. Also flower flavors like violet and rose.