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Post by geordy on Jun 20, 2007 14:53:20 GMT -5
Luckymama, So glad you enjoyed Jubilee! Maybe we can meet during your next trip to NYC! I had the pleasure of having my Mother stay with me in NYC for weekends(she lived in NJ where I grew up)and we'd go to Broadway, the ballet, Radio City shows ,the Circus, the Ice Capades(in the days before all the fancy ice shows!)dinner, brunch, etc. She especially loved that I had a great Hungarian bakery right across the street and a "white table cloth" restaurant on the corner. Both of them, and my Mom, now sadly gone. But cherished memories. And let us not forget, speaking of vegetables, the wonderful salades and composee platters in Paris!! And what they can do to potatoes!!!
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 20, 2007 15:01:19 GMT -5
Luckymama - If you like vegetables, I strongly suggest you dine at Relais Gascon in Montmartre. There you can get a huge salad as a meal. I can't wait to eat there again. Gitte was just there the other day and loved it.
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Post by grunblack on Jun 21, 2007 2:59:22 GMT -5
I think everything in Paris is going to taste better than home! Does anyone know somewhere good to have Bouillabaisse?
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Post by Anne on Jun 21, 2007 6:40:08 GMT -5
Truffaut is right, vegetables in restaurants tend to be something like a "decoration", the main thing on the plate being the meat or fish . Talking about meat, there is something which you are likely to find in bistrots : magret de canard . This is some very thick duck fillet, very tasty and tender
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 21, 2007 6:47:11 GMT -5
grunblack, I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable than I to come along and despel this, but I don't think Bouillabaise is too popular in Paris. It's on menus in the south of France, for instance in Marseilles, near the sea.
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Post by Truffaut on Jun 21, 2007 7:08:24 GMT -5
Yes, Happy, that's right. Bouillabaise is definitely not an Ile-de-France thing, although there is a surprising amount of fish on menus considering that it's hours from the coastline. There's actually very little food that is native to Paris and it's immediate environs. Most of what we think of as "French food" comes from the other provinces, Bretagne, Normandie, Gascogne, Bourgogne, Auvergne, etc. For centuries people from the smaller cities and countryside have come to Paris in search of gold and glory. Forunately, they brought their home-cooking with them, and now it's considered "typical" French fare.
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Post by grunblack on Jun 22, 2007 4:44:18 GMT -5
Oh well, guess I will have to include travel south on the next trip!
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Post by geordy on Jun 23, 2007 6:50:42 GMT -5
What a "hardship!"! But if you can't make it south I seem to recall a pretty good bouillabaise at Wepler on Pl. Clichy. Or just ask here before your next trip...someone will have a suggestion! pl. Clichy
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