The first bistro in Paris! Great place for lunch.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Around Paris
Friday I spent a lot of time walking. I was up to the task. I went to two museums, walked, had my nails polished went to Monoprix and bought socks and walked some more. Took two metros and returned to my hotel. Using Zagat, Trip Advisor and Google, I found an up-and-coming restaurant called Septime. It is a market week and full of people. I could only get a reservation if I left earlier than I would I would have liked. I kind of speed walked as much as I am able to speed walk. It was about a 20 minute walk.
Dinner was quite interesting. There was no choice. What they had was what you got although they carefully asked before if you had any food allergies. The first course was lobster medallion with tomato water, red pepper marinade, raspberries and purple basil. Wonderful. Next course sausage with cepes, trumpets and foot of mouton mushrooms with a sabayon of oysters and apple cider. Pretty good also. The third course left me a little cool. Poached pollack, scallions, cucumbers, potatoes with black olive paste and nasturtium stems. Very delicate.
I loved the last course. It was guinea fowl with roasted onion, pickled onion, turnip on a paste of almonds and hazelnuts with marjoram. The meat was so tender and the skin so crisp with sea salt which I loved of course.
The cheese which they said was from special purveyors was a disappointment especially since I bought Saint Nectaire last week at the Union Market, and Gruyere which is pretty common was what I got. All in all it was a pretty special dinner.
Saturday was not so successful. I schlepped to a museum where I had never been. It was the Musee Marmottan Monet at the edge of Paris. I finally found it with a note closed for four days for some work. I was somewhat lost. I found a direct route to the Musee d'Orsay. There was a 30 minutes wait at the least. I was already very tired and decided not to wait. I saw a Batobus kiosk on the Quai and spent the next hour and a half circling Paris on the Seine. Was restful and scenic although the weather took a downturn.
Returned to the hotel bushed, took a bath and took the metro to Montmartre to have dinner at a friend's sister's house.
It is now Sunday. Spent the morning at a wonderful market near me. Pictures of all to follow.
Judy
Friday, September 27, 2013
Vue De Ma Chambre
Here I am in Paris in my favorite hotel. The area is now more than before the epicenter of the motorcycle trade. There are scooters, motorcycles and all things with two wheels. Luckily it doesn't affect the noise level which is quiet.
I'm about to venture out to an obscure museum in a mansion which seems to have a tantalizing show about the Victorian Era. [See previous post.]
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Rainy Day In Saint-Malo
Today I was supposed to go to Mont St. Michel. However after meeting some very nice Canadians at at restaurant last night and having a parting calvados and hearing that Mont St Michel has more steps than they have ever seen I went home to sleep. I woke up at 3:00AM violently ill. I am not sure if it was the food, the calvados or the thought of more steps than ever that made me sick. I was up for hours and finally went to sleep. My wake up call came at 7:00AM but I made the decision that going to Mont St. Michel, though interesting, would not change my life one way or the other and I slept until 10:45.
Yesterday was beautiful and I ended my afternoon by going to the beach. I walked a little in low tide and went back to my charming little hotel. Today is not nice. It is raining. I forgot to bring my raincoat and I must buy one since it is supposed to rain in Paris over the weekend.
Prices seem high at the restaurants but when you take into consideration the tax and tip are included it is really not that high. Unfortunately here since this is a tourist town with many foreigners besides the French of which there are many, some of the restaurants do not have high standards. I do expect to go to a one star tonight. That may improve the quality.
Just returned to my hotel to find that the one star is complet. So much for that restaurant.
I will never go hungry.
In Saint-Malo
Lovely charming hotel here in the old walled city. Somehow I erased all my photos from my camera. Didn't lose much but lost all the photos from my walk on the ramparts from yesterday. I am going out soon to rewalk the Great Wall of Saint Malo.
Lovely place, lots of older folks from the continent and further. I realize we elders are the ones who have the time and means for travel and the young ones live here or work here.
A toute a l'heure.
Judy
PS: I did have oysters. Very small but very tasty. More in the future.
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