Saturday, 26 December 2009

A Christmas Party - Part 2: Enjoying

We triumphed with a grand soiree. We baked and fried and steamed till there was a feast.  We were proud of ourselves!

Here's the first course (thanks Lenotre).


Not sure what this vegetable actually is - it looked like a posie of Christmas Trees, so remained ornamental for the evening.


And here is the main course - the piece without resistance.  Thanks Jamie for the latkes (yummy potato cakes) and thanks Lenotre for that Salmon loaf, hmmmmmmmmm.


Here are the happy diners!


After the grand feast we went to repent - at Notre Dame's midnight mass - lining up with the masses in the rain (it was like trying to get into a Duran Duran concert!).  An education for all, as we were none of us catholic and the mass was in french.



Merry Christmas!

Nice hat Loni!
Amandine & Lonee

Thursday, 24 December 2009

A Christmas Party: Part 1 - PLANNING

We are trying to decide what to do for Christmas - as this is Paris there are dining delights and party options everywhere.   We could book expensive restaurants, buy tickets to boozy parties, go economical and fun at the street markets with traditional food for the fetes. 

Here is the Marche Noel option:
Seafood and champagne (crates of it, waiting for us!)...


Or other trad treats...


Jamie is behind that enourmous fairy floss - good reasearch Jamie!

Or we could just settle into the Champagne-Carousel tent and eat oysters all night...



There is the 12 desserts option - here are a few Christmas Logs from the Artisan Boulangerie




Our current favourite, however is dinner at home, catered by the outrageous haute cuisine of Lenotre - who just happen to have a store near our metro. Have a look at this catalogue of their deli take-away range.... oooh la la.  It's worth a look...

http://www.lenotre.fr/catalogue_traiteur_lenotre/catalogue_carte_des_delices_lenotre.pdf

Amandine

Sunday, 20 December 2009

Random acts of tourisme

These are just images that I like and wish to share, no real thread but a lot have to do with
1. Being on the Metro
2. Eating/drinking (and post eating/drinking remorse)
3. Is there anything else?

Oh yes but I cannot NOT mention the two amazing shows we saw.
We were so lucky to spontaneously decide to go to see a local African Gospel choir
called Gospel Dream in a gorgeous Church in Rue St Honore.
They had their own Sax player who was a total jazz groover and they
got us up to dance and sing on the last song with them
The most amazing voices and great sense of humour

We also went to a childrens theatrical production in which Loni's landlord
the delightful Thibault was playing two characters in. (one male one female)
It was in the most beautiful theatre, and it was all free (and all in French)
The Parisiens certainly dont shelter their kiddies from horreur
concepts and sex (well gratuitous snogging)

Enjoy
                                               Place De Voges...quite proud of those photos on my little snappy camera!





The adorable and talented Gospel Dream, even tho their outfits were Pale Lavender urgghhh!
Dont they know that people in Paris couleur only wear red black and white? ( I kid you not!)









Just mucking around with the camera and the colour settings
and having fun.







The best tart in the world (other than Amandine haw haw haw)
and the remorse that comes apres le farci (stuffing)






Oh I wonderrr which was ze wine zat sent me over ze edge??



The theatre was opulant and lush



After the play Amandine Pete and Lonee are indulging in some foyerism


more soon ....
but
tomorrow we welcome Loni and my little demi soeur (sister) Jamie
to Paris and set about corrupting 'er wiz our decadent ways! haw haw haw
(and pass ze alka seltzer s'il vous plait)
Yani

Food glorious food - gourmands are geating around

The French are famous for their food - we decided to check out the situation to see for ourselves if the rumour was true - this, of course, requires EXTENSIVE research.  (Yeah we are takin' it for the team - and you can thank us later!)  Here are some 'ighlights.

Firts - our favourout (plis ezksuse mah outragouz franch accent) ...
Cafe Signes - zey feeds us well (as you may notice when we waddle 'ome - OMG it is swimsuit season there - oh no). 

Here is Claudette - our friendly maitre d' who shouted us cognac-coffees and great jokes.













Last night we went to a chicken themed restaurant on the Isle de St Louis - it was a 'appy coincidance for Lonee's chicken 'andbag - "I am with my people now!!!"  said ze chicken.





It got more awkward, 'owever, when Lonee ordered ze petit poulet for dinner - check the disgust on the face of this handbag!   'ow insensitive Lonee  )-:


The desserts smoothed over any awkwardness as we melted into the groans of a chocolate frenzy. Oooh la frickin' la!


You can see above, this platter which is a Cafe gourmand.  I recommend this to any dessert lovers - it is always a delicious smorgasbourd of choices - just guard your plate from the invasion of the rogue spoons of your friends.

Here we have Tagine and Couscous - African delights - hmmm.


Art for dessert.



Giant wok of sausage and ham - eat with vin chaud (hot spiced red wine) !


and here is souperman - the best legumes in the whole of Noel Marche of St Suplice




Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... got to go eat - Au revoir

Amandine and Y'neee

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