13 Jan

All the mains at Restaurant Albert were €23, but the menu sounded OK and nothing else around was open except for the sports wine bar. I wasn’t actually that hungry, but we don’t have many days left in France and I want to make the most of my time here. I was tossing up between the veal steak with artichokes and wild mushrooms and the quail stuffed with walnuts on a bed of spicy vegetables. Dad was choosing between the same things or the squid with fish stuffing...

22:26 / France / French / Lyon / Restaurant Albert
13 Jan

There was a very small bakery/patisserie called with a queue, called Boulangerie du Palais, so we peeked in to see what they were selling. They had baguettes, pizza, bread and viennoiseries. The most popular item was a brioche aux praline, which was a large brioche bun smothered in a bright pink, presumably sweet, coating. They also had long, rectangular puff pastries filled with the same coloured syrup and almonds. Mum bought a ham, cheese and gherkin baguette to share with dad. She didn’t check the price before buying...

11:18 / Boulangerie du Palais / Bread / France / Lyon
12 Jan

I wanted to try a bouchon, which is a restaurant that serves Lyonnaise dishes. Looking up what typical Lyonnaise cuisine was, I didn’t expect to really, really enjoy it, but I thought we should try it because we’re here. I’d heard that the servings at Le Bouchon des Filles were big and there wasn’t any option other than the €25 4 course meal, so we shared two of the meals between the three of us. They told us that they don’t normally allow that, but because it was...

22:19 / Food / France / French / Le Bouchon des Filles / Lyon / Restaurants
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