With two days left in Paris, I am happy to report that we have experienced AMAZING food and wine in the City of LIghts! I will be reporting on our sightseeing in a later post, but I wanted to share some of our culinary joys!
Yesterday, after taking the Seine River Cruise and visiting the Eiffel Tower, we had dinner at L’Avenue. We were so tired and hungry, I forgot to take any pictures. It was delicious though more expensive than I had planned. We had some amazing champagne, Seth had duck comfit, and I had a seared tuna steak. After we got back to the hotel, our hotel bartender hooked us up with some drinks and we got a great night’s sleep. At this point we had been up nearly 48 hours other than a nap here and there!
Our hotel includes a free breakfast, and I was expecting something light and “continental”, so I was pleasantly surprised to see some pretty hearty fare!
We proceeded to visit a couple of museums (Orangerie and d’Orsay) and had lunch near the latter at Tabac d’Orsay. The staff there were amazing, and I believed it was a family-run operation as the waiter and the busboy spoke about “Maman” and the younger one later left with one of the women who served us. I had seared duck with sauce du poivre and Seth had a chicken salad. Both were amazing! And they had Kronenbourg beer!!!!! I am not a beer drinker, but I fell in love with this beer on my first trip to Europe in 1982 and have NEVER been able to find it in the US! I was so happy!!
Tonight we went to a premium wine tasting at Les Caves du Louvre. We were fascinated and it was so informative! I sadly did not take pictures (I don’t think they were allowed anyway). We stopped on the way back at a lovely cafe called Cafe de la Regence. We each had MORE wine, burrata as an appetizer (excellent with fresh pesto), salmon for me (excellent roasted vegetables as a side), and chicken for Seth. He had a Glenfiddich and I had an Amaretto for our digestifs.
I do not know why the food here tastes so much better than at home! I think part of it may be the sheer freshness! We learned so much today and enjoyed our adventures, both culinary and educationally! Tomorrow will be a whole new day of adventure!
A porchaine!
We had lunch at the lovely Le Carousel Brasserie right across the street from the Tuileries and then strolled through the park before heading back to nap a bit.
This is a view of the back of the Louvre taken from inside the Tuileries.
We are currently in the Charlotte airport awaiting our flight across the Atlantic to Paris! Four years of planning has finally paid off.