Food, glorious food! The French are known worldwide for their fabulous cuisine, and I got to taste plenty of it on my trip. Of course, I don't want you to feel left out, so here's a rundown of the amazing things we ate during our three days in Paris.
If you're one of those people who just hates food pictures, then skip this post and come back tomorrow for more travel photos :)
Airplane breakfast
boring
Airport breakfast
Pain au chocolat, which is basically a croissant with chocolate filling. My favorite kind of breakfast.
Lunch at Le Bourbon
This was the lunch that took forever!
We ordered off the lunch special menu,
which meant I got all this for 12€:
Baguette
Salade jardinère/garden salad
Poulet rôti frites/roast chicken with fries
Crêpe au chocolat/crêpe with chocolate filling
Ice cream at Berthillon
Une boule de chocolat blanc/one scoop of white chocolate
Café when Lauren got caught trying to sneak into the bathroom
Shane: unknown sort of French beer recommended by bartender
Dinner at Chez Papa
Baguette
Salad with bread and cheese
Duck thigh with potatoes
Profiteroles a.k.a. cream puffs with chocolate sauce.
Not my photo, just wanted you to see how delicious these things are.
LaDurée
Macarons! These things come in the most amazing flavors, and the most gorgeous colors. I had a chocolate one and a "fruits rouges"/red fruit one. This was my first time trying a macaron and I am hooked.
Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Montparnasse
This hotel had a really nice Continental breakfast
Orange
scrambled eggs
croissant with strawberry jelly
pain au chocolat
and apple juice!
Lunch at Pommes de Pain and McDonalds/McDo
Me: veggie lasagna at Pommes de Pain
french fries at McDo (couldn't help myself)
Shane and Mom: sandwiches
Hannah: Le Royal Cheese/quarter pounder
with a medium fry and medium drink.
Look how small those portions are!
Mom also had a piece of chocolate cake at McDo.
Can you imagine getting something that fancy looking here in the US?
Wasting time at an Irish café
Me: hard cider
Shane: Kronenbourg 1664 (best-selling French beer)
Mom and Hannah: 7€ ($8.50!) bottles of Coke and Coca-Light/Diet Coke
Dinner at Pépone's
Usually on these trips, dinner is planned out and everyone eats the same thing. This time, several nights we were given vouchers called "Tickets-restaurant" worth 17€ each and allowed to order whatever we wanted at any restaurant that accepts them. I tried to look these things up online and as far as I can tell, if you work somewhere without a cafeteria, your employer gives you one of these vouchers for each day you work (but not necessarily worth that much, they're usually around 10€). Interesting.
Tomato and mozzarella salad
Me: Pâte quatre fromages/four cheese pasta
Mom: some sort of lasagna (bottom photo)
Shane: pizza Bolognese
Hannah: cheese pizza
Snack at the Eiffel Tower
Crêpe with Nutella! Yum!
Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Montparnasse
same as Wednesday
Lunch at McDo Versailles
I know, I know, I do a post about wonderful French food and here we are at McDonalds for the second day in a row. Just call me a hypocrite and blasphemer and get it over with.
Me: Le Royal Cheese/quarter pounder with wrong-tasting fries and tiny Coke.
Shane: McBaguette, which is a baguette with hamburger patties, lettuce, Emmental cheese and strong mustard.
Dessert at Darras Versailles bakery
Shane: raspberry éclair
Mom: raspberry tartelette
Me: Trianon! Raspberry macaron with vanilla cream filling and fresh raspberries
Dinner at Chez Clement
Baguette
Potato (?) quiche
Chicken with some sort of red sauce andmashed potatoes
Crème brûlée
Shane: 3 glasses of red wine
With all this food, it's a wonder we didn't each gain 10 pounds by the end of the trip! I guess we have the zillion miles we walked to thank for that :)
I miss the yummy food, let's go back right now!
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