mars 2012
4 billets
octobre 2011
2 billets
juillet 2011
3 billets
Rino
Hooray for birthdays—a great excuse for a food extravaganza and a chance to try another bistro on our exceedingly long list: Rino. Ever since we saw Giovanni Passerini show off his ravioli-making skills at the Omnivore Food Festival, this restaurant has been on our radar. The restaurant gives you the option of choosing either a 4 or 6-course menu. Being insanely inquisitive, we opted for...
Frenchie
Part of the reason it has taken over a month to post about Frenchie is the difficulty we’ve had putting the experience into words. In concept, and perhaps upon first glance, chef Gregory Marchand’s market-driven cuisine is simple, yet deceptively so. His passion and dedication to artistry is reflected on each impeccably designed plate in new and unusual ways. The refined, clean and subtle...
juin 2011
3 billets
Xiao Long Bao
Din Tai Fung has a reputation for the best soup dumplings (xiao long bao) in the world. So far, we agree. We ate these in Shanghai, and they lived up to the hype- and then some. Having fallen in love with the juicy morsels at Gourmet Dumpling House in Boston, we had become accustomed to plump, meaty dumplings with a thicker wrapper. DTF’s are definitely juicy, but shockingly light and...
avril 2011
1 billet
Bistro d'Antoine
This blog post should have been written several months ago while we were living in Nice. Luckily, we decided to return to the ocean-front town to celebrate Carnaval; luckily not only because it’s a gorgeous place and provided a taste of spring weather long before it reached Paris, but also because it gave us an opportunity to revisit one of our favorite restaurants in France: Bistro...
mars 2011
2 billets
Rillette - "chicken salad deluxe"
Aaaah, the rillette - everything chicken or tuna salad aspires to be. It is traditionally made with shredded pork, but instead of being combined with mayonnaise to create a spread, the meat is slow-cooked and cooled in its own fat. This gooey, unctuous paste can then be smeared onto bread to form a sandwich or simply served atop a piece of toast. The rillettes in the Boucherie Gardil (where...
février 2011
4 billets
Le Verre Volé
At last! This restaurant had been on our “list” for quite some time. Luckily, we had a lovely visitor this weekend - a perfect excuse to make a reservation at Le Verre Volé. Besides, there’s no better way to show off our growing awareness of some of the trendy, off the beaten path restaurants within walking distance of our apartment. Right along the “bobo”...
Astier
Astier, in the 11th arrondisement, is a classic French restaurant. The food and decor are equally unpretentious and traditional. By Paris standards, Astier offers a very reasonable prix-fixe menu, which is made more reasonable by the fact that the cheese platter alone (one of four courses) makes the meal worth every cent. Scroll down for some pictures from our meal there this past weekend....
Charcute-Palooza 2011
A charcuterie a day makes us want to scream yay! (We have been trying to come up with a cute tagline for this post, but this is the best we could come up with- pretty lame, eh?) Maybe one-a-day is a bit excessive, but tasting a new type of charcuterie a week seems more doable. During the rest of our stay in France, we have vowed to try a new delicacy each week. For those of you not in the...
janvier 2011
3 billets
novembre 2010
1 billet
La Pâtisserie des Rêves
Amazing patisseries are not hard to come by in Paris. This one is exceptional.
La Pâtisserie des Rêves (translation, accurate in more ways than one: Patisserie of Dreams) is located at 93 Rue du Bac, in the 7th arrondisment of Paris, not far from the Bon Marché. It is not your typical mom & pop place, and that is reflected both in the presentation as well as the prices (however, they...
janvier 2010
5 billets
