I know I'm still playing catch-up and I should have finished the Paris posts by now, but it's been a busy few weeks. There are many great, fancy French dishes but the foods that I had while there were the basics. I loved 'em anyway! I've always been a fan of bread and cheese and I was not disappointed with what Paris had to offer. Panini! Pain au chocolat! Kafe! Baguettes! Camembert! Wine! Onion Soup! Crepes! As part of the conference, Kyle's meals were provided and that included going to dinner each night. We had to pay for my meal, so we only joined the group 2 of 3 evenings. The first place we went to was called Le Precope and is considered to be the first place that served coffee in Paris. It was once frequented by the likes of Benjamin Franklin. That evening we were served several different meats, which included a few that I didn't recognize and veal for the main course. The last night of the conference we went to a restaurant across the street from Notre Dame. It was a bit surreal to have a view of the cathedral from our dinner table. That evening I chose a steak with bleu cheese sauce and Kyle had duck. For dessert we had a chocolate ganache or creme brulee. It was during my time alone while Kyle was at the conference or in the days we had when the conference ended that we sample other French foods. I took pictures of a few favorites:
We had panini sandwiches our first lunch in Paris. Hot and wonderful!
I loved all of the bakeries and a pain au chocolat found it's way into my bag every day :) I also enjoyed finding a cafe everyday to have kafe and enjoy my pastry. The only difficulty I found was that many didn't have room for the stroller. The picture is of my favorite cafe on my favorite street, which I returned to a several times.
The lunch of champions: fresh bread, a wedge of cheese and an apple. This whole meal cost less than $5 and was enough for two lunches. Amazing!
My first onion soup in France, enjoyed with red wine. I think Kyle had a beef supper that had been stewed in wine.
Waiting for my first crepe with nutella.
So gooey delicious!
And here we are stopping for a second crepe a few minutes later :)
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