in my belly: April 2012

LE CAMION QUI FUME

Finally tasted their burgers on a beautiful deep and blue sky night in Paris.
They have everything to be delicious : locally made bread, juicy meat, and crunchy fries.
I was just missing a pickle or a jalapeno near the meat.

AVOCATS

This is going to be my favorite shot, pleasure, snack, lunch, thing of the week.

Avocados are the greatest thing to my belly. These days I like them with lemon juice, pepper,
and salt or with olive oil and sicilian dried oregano.

bread and roses

They are expensive but super good.

Bread and Roses: 62 rue Madame, 75006 Paris

BRRR

Big creamy burrata to stay on my two feet.

SEPTIME

Liked the decor, the open kitchen, the great friendly service but not so much the food.
Every dish took too much time to arrive and tasted like burned out cooks and a controlling young chef.
There was more love in the wine !

Septime: 80 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris

QUAN NGON

Delicious coconut juice, in the middle of a great rainy and sunny week end.

Quan Gnon: 13 rue Javelot, 75013 Paris

OENOSTERIA

Great italian place for lunch in the 6th and they serve pretty good sandwiches.

Oesnesteria : 40 rue Grégoire de Tour, 75006 Paris

Merce and the Muse

Breakfast crumbs.

Merce and the Muse: 1 bis rue Dupuis, 75003 Paris

CAN I GET SOME ?

Freshly made ruben with toasted bread, slaw, sauce and pickles. please.

PUNTARELLA

Love of my life found at the market on boulevard Richard Lenoir !!!

THURSDAY NIGHT

Private diner on rue Guynemer starts with mozzarela, asparagus, sun dried tomatoes, capers, shallots and mint.

TIME TO BE SUNNY

Can the sun come back in Paris ?

TIME TO MOVE ON

Fettucce with capers, black olives, tomato sauce, almonds and mint

Afternoon

Tea time with my neighbor.

ASPERGES !

Les asperges enfin ! Ici bien dodues et croquantes avec une mozzarella,
et un quelque chose super de tomates confites, aneth et oignons ?

CLOCHETTE

Happy easter to all the women that fed me delicious food all my life,
especially my grand mother "clochette" who's ringing her bells from the sky on this gray easter day.
This is one of her greatest recipes, found this afternoon after a search of days to find it.

HAPPY CRABS

It's raining for easter but there is some crab in my belly.

LE VERRE VOLÉ

Delicious lunch at le Verre Volé with new potatoes and beef. Simple french food like I want to eat everyday.

Le Verre Volé: 67 rue de Lancry, 75010 Paris

En mets fait ce qu'il te plait,

I had the chance to meet Katsumi Ishida while in Lyon. He has a great restaurant where you drink a lot of wine, and eat great food.
While I was in the bathroom I could hear his daughter rehearsing her piano lessons.

En mets fait ce qu'il te plait: 43 rue de Chevreuse, 69007 Lyon

TARTE À LA PRALINE

Tarte à la praline for my last meal in Lyon.

Tartines

Roastbeef and pickles.

ROASTBEEF

Roastbeef sandwiches with horseradish and arugula.

Crumbles waiting on my stand in Lyon.

LYON

Making sandwiches in Lyon for 5 days was a lot of fun.

PAUL BOCUSE

Impossible de passer par Lyon sans lui dire coucou.

BERNACHON

Some treats from a great pastry shop in Lyon, known for their chocolate.
I bought miniature pastries and pralines for my breakfast.

Bernachon: 48 cours Franklin Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon

Librairie Philippe Lucas

La librairie de Philippe Lucas à Lyon, regorge de recueils
pour mieux vivre à travers la cuisine, la botanique ou la pêche.
Si vous êtes dans les parages, c'est un arrêt obligatoire !

Librairie Philippe Lucas: 9 quai de la Pêcherie, 69001 Lyon
http://www.librairie-phlucas.com/