16 Jan

During our shopping spree at McArthur Glen we had lunch at Mezzo di Pasta. Mum ordered a carbonara pasta and baba had neopolitan. They cost €10.10 all together and they were both regular sized cups. [caption id="attachment_5737" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Carbonara and neopolitan pasta[/caption]...

14:33 / Fast Food / France / Italian / Mezzo di Pasta / Troyes
15 Jan

We looked out for a bakery on the way to the McArthur Glen factory outlets. We stopped by the first one we saw and I was tossing up between baguette Finlandaise (€1.07) and baguette Régal (€1.30). I didn’t know what they were and simply picked the Finlandaise. In hindsight, maybe I should have gone for the more expensive Régal. It seemed like the Finlandaise just had poppy seeds in it. Dad got a Nepolian or something. It was a folded pastry that turned out to have some sort...

11:31 / Bread / Dessert/Sweets / France / Troyes
14 Jan

I wanted to go to O Des Lys for dinner because it was only ~5 minutes’ walk away and it’s been rated well, but it was fully booked. We went around looking for something to eat. The first place we saw was even more expensive the O Des Lys. The second one was a pub sort of restaurant called Grill St Jean Restaurant. I didn’t think it looked too promising, but mum didn’t want to walk anymore, so in we went. Dad had braised duck leg with grapes and...

22:29 / Bar/Pub / France / French / Grill St Jean Restaurant / Troyes
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