02 Jan

The menu descriptions for our dishes were: “Le Pigeonneau de Racan en deux cuissons, les supremes rotis sur la peau, just chataigne/truffe, les cuises confites au miel de Touraine et sarriette” (€23) “Magret de canard aux figues en crumble salé, Parmentier au foie gras” (€19.90) “La grande assiette plancha - Travers de porc croustillant, Piece de boeuf tendre et volaille rotie, puree au beurre faite maison & dessert au choix” (€23.80) “Le Grand - Dessert tout chocolat” (€15) [caption id="attachment_5813" align="aligncenter" width="456"] Pork Rilettes w. Mini Toast[/caption] There was an amuse-bouche of pork rillettes...

20:07 / France / French / La Maison des Halles / Tours
02 Jan

We hadn’t had lunch and because of the limited choice of restaurant options we decided to have…lunner. The pub was quite popular for coffee and desserts, maybe because there wasn’t much else open. I had salmon cooked with olive oil, green beans and steamed potatoes (€13), mum had tagliatelle with salmon (€9.90) and dad had a dish containing ham knuckle, pork belly, sauerkraut, a long frankfurt-looking sausage and slices of a fatter sausage (€11.90). My potatoes didn’t taste like anything, but there was salt and pepper on the...

16:52 / Au Bureau / Cuisines / France / French / German / Tours
31 Dec

We had the duck again and also a seafood platter for two (€55) because mum hadn’t seen seafood platters that cheap before, or at least for a very long time. The duck didn’t taste as good as the one last night. [caption id="attachment_5807" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Seafood Platter for 2[/caption] The seafood platter came with 12 oysters, 2 clams, 4 praires (some sort of small clam), 4 dog cockles (amandes de mer), 4 mussels, 14 bulots (a type of sea snail), 200g shrimp, 8 prawns and 2 langoustines (yabbies?). We were...

23:21 / Au Rocher De Cancale / Cuisines / France / French / Paris
30 Dec

Dinner was at Au Rocher De Cancale, which is virtually on the corner of Rue Mandar and Rue Montorgeuil. The restaurant was founded in 1846 and the walls still have some of the old art that had painted into the plaster and preserved with pieces of perspex. There was only one waiter managing the top floor, but he was quite efficient. He was also much more patient than the waiter at Le Vaudeville, taking time to translate each main menu item properly and having a more friendly and...

23:17 / Au Rocher De Cancale / Cuisines / France / French / Middle Eastern / Paris
30 Dec

La Crêperie was on the way to Lafayette in a passageway called Passage des Panoramas. Mum and dad got meal specials (formule). Mum had an emmental cheese crêpe with salad and a butter and sugar crêpe (menu rapide, €9.70). Dad's crêpe had egg, emmental and ham and it also came with a butter and sugar crêpe and a 200ml bowl of cold apple cider (formule 1, €11.60). My crêpe had smoked salmon, crème fraiche and raw shallots (€11.50). All the savoury crêpes were galletes, which I prefer over...

13:57 / France / French / La Crêperie / Paris
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