Paris-August 2010

I guess no one is still reading this and I cannot blame them.Nevertheless, I feel impelled to report on a wonderful trip to Paris which has just concluded. Let me count the calories...There was the Table du Lancaster which would make Thomas Keller blush. Michel Troisgros, the Chef, prepared a four course menu that was ultimately 9 courses with many amuse buches and little bites. The deserts alone numbered three. He likes to juxtapose sweet and sour and he does it exquisitely. ...Then there was Chez Dumonet-Josephine where their Boeuf Boreguiginon stole the show but the crisp-skinned duck confit was a close second. The deserts, a millefuille big enough for four, and a tarted tartin enopugh for another four and a Grand Marnier Souffle also large enough for four were just exactly big enough for four. We mopped the plates. Les Papilles sells its wines off the shelf and rtacks on a small corckage charge. Suffice to say, you can drink moer wine less expensively this way!The highlight of the carte waws boeuf stew cooked for 10 hours with lavender, miniature potatoes, carrots and snap beans. Sacre Bleu! All this for less than a few burgers at Wendys!
...Much More to come...