The land where everyone walks around with a Baguette tucked under their armpit.
The land where Baguette is part of every meal...seriously every meal.
The land of delicious cheese.
The land of abundant pastry of the highest quality.
The land of "be sure to bring your fat pants because our food is really that good!"
We loved France! In a food battle they would beat out Italy...sorry to all the Italian Fans out there...but in our books France take the cake...or should I say Baguette? : )
We stayed at the Best Western in the Latin district close to Notre Dame and the Odeon station. Great location - close to a lot of restaurants and sights. The hotel was cozy and the employees were very kind - we would stay there again.
The Smiths Bakery, Paris
As soon as we arrived in Paris we checked into the hotel and then wandered around looking for some pastry...I wasn't kidding when I said eating was the main mission of this trip for me...poor Andrew had to stop at every bakery we passed while I admired their displays and treats.
The first place we decided to try was called "The Smiths Bakery" - totally not a French name, but it looked really delicious so we decided to try it out. Total bliss, utter and complete bliss. Everything we tried from this place was a winner! We went back twice in our 3 days stay there.
This Palmier was so good! It had a dark nutty taste to it almost like caramel or burnt butter - best one I have ever eaten!
Super Moist Praline cake...really it was a cupcake without a wrapper - but it was delicious
They had a gelato cart in front of the bakery, it looked so good but we never got around
to trying it...next time!
Le Bistrot Mazarin, Paris
After we walked off the calories from our Pastry we stumbled upon this place - it was packed, but the servers were very friendly and even stopped us from ordering the lining of cows stomach stew...that was close...
Roast Chicken in a cider sauce with French Fries
Boulangerie Carton, Paris
The next morning we were tempted to return to the Smiths Bakery, but instead we tried a place next to it that lots of people were going in and out of
Andrew got a Pain au chocolat...of course...
Delicious and simple egg quiche. They serve them room temperature in a lovely flaky pastry....speaking of eggs, I noticed at the grocery stores they keep the eggs on a shelf near cereal and not cold in a refrigerator...super awesome!
This is us on an awesome Blue Bike Tour of the city! Great tour to get an overview of the city - definitely do it if you are in Paris!
The lovely Notre Dame
Lots of options for grab an go sandwiches on baguettes...this one was delicious! Some sort of paprika chicken with butter...so yummy!
After the bike tour we stopped and got this super refreshing fresh fruit and sorbet treat. It was so light and delicious with lots of weird fruits including some gooseberries and fresh coconut slices.
Mass at Notre Dame, such a beautiful Church!
Fresh greens with a creamy balsamic dressing and avocado
Oh yes, escargot...we tried it, he loved it...I was indifferent, but it is so pretty looking
Yes! Beef Bourguignon was so delicious!
They served it with mashed potatoes and mashed carrots - perfection!
Then we wandered around and found a whole street with tons of walk up Crepe places...
so divinely amazing!
Such an art!
I think this one was sea salt and caramel...not too sure what we ordered, all that matters was that we ate it and it was good!
Lovely chocolate financier cake made with ground up almonds, such a simple
but scrumptious little cake
At Versailles
Smashed almond croissant we ate at Versailles, it was so good!
RADISHES EVERYWHERE at a market in Louviers
Amazing fresh salad with sliced avocados, hearts of palm, grilled corn, pureed roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, and fresh melon - so refreshing.
Pizza with perfectly crunchy and thin crust.
Fruit de Mer Pizza, "Seafood Pizza"
This is us on an awesome Blue Bike Tour of the city! Great tour to get an overview of the city - definitely do it if you are in Paris!
The lovely Notre Dame
Lots of options for grab an go sandwiches on baguettes...this one was delicious! Some sort of paprika chicken with butter...so yummy!
After the bike tour we stopped and got this super refreshing fresh fruit and sorbet treat. It was so light and delicious with lots of weird fruits including some gooseberries and fresh coconut slices.
After our best day of the whole trip, a romantic walk along the Seine river...this dude was awkwardly following us along the river and I kept glancing behind me just to make sure he wasn't about to mug us...third time I turned around he was urinating on the wall...haha super weird.
We decided to try this place out because they had Beef Bourguignon on the menu...we loved it!
They served it with mashed potatoes and mashed carrots - perfection!
Then we wandered around and found a whole street with tons of walk up Crepe places...
so divinely amazing!
Artisan Boulanger Patissier
but scrumptious little cake
Our last meal in France was Italian...haha...go figure. It was also better then the Italian food we ate in Italy! What are the odds!
Au revoir dear France, we will return to eat more of your delightful food one day.
France: 1 Italy: 0
If you want to get an idea for what France is like please watch the Flight of the Conchords video : )
France: 1 Italy: 0
If you want to get an idea for what France is like please watch the Flight of the Conchords video : )
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