29 Dec

There wasn’t any more space in the upper seating area so we were led downstairs to the kitchen level. It was dark and a bit weird because the atmosphere was almost like we were sitting awkwardly in a home kitchen. My heart fell a little when I saw the special pho cost €14. We ordered one special beef pho and one special chicken pho. There was also a regular beef pho available for €10, but doesn’t come with the beef bones. The pho was presented in two bowls:...

14:02 / Cuisines / France / Paris / Pho 67 / Vietnamese
28 Dec

We managed to get a table without a reservation as long as we finished before 9pm. The interior decoration was pretty flashy, but I didn’t take many photos because I felt shy about using my camera inside. The tables along the side we were seated at were very close together and had to be pulled out in order for people to sit down along the wall. There wasn’t any English menu, but the waiter was able to translate for us. He did seem distracted though. It was a...

22:43 / Cuisines / France / French / Le Vaudeville / Paris
28 Dec

I had confit duck with salad and fried potatoes (€16.90), which were basically thick, flat potato chips. Mum and dad both had different specials of the day – tagliatelle with seafood for mum (€16.90), and slow cooked pork with mashed potato for dad (€15.90). My duck was really tasty and most of the skin was crispy. Mum’s came with a very generous amount of seafood - about half of it was full of baby octopus, prawns and squid. We were all pretty pleased with our meal and the...

22:25 / Cuisines / France / French / La Petit Carreaux / Paris
28 Dec

The macarons were 2.5 times more expensive than the ones we had in Lucerne, but they were also bigger and tasted much better. The big macarons were four times the size of the small ones and cost nearly €5. We tried bitter chocolate, orange blossom, blackcurrant and violet, caramel, chocolate, pistachio, lemon, citron, raspberry, coffee, praline, vanilla, fig and date, rose petals and chestnut; we didn’t try liquorice, red fruits or spices and soft fruits. From Lafayette we walked to the Concorde then along a significant section of...

19:29 / Dessert/Sweets / France / Laduree / Misc. Snacks / Paris / Travel
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