Phew! I loved Paris and still love it, but I'm just so over writing about it because there are too many things to write. So this will be primarily a photo blog. I should've just worked on posts while there or something instead of just saving it to be one big (too big) project. So here goes!
We walked past tons of Starbucks and it was really our go-to when we need a bathroom break. But check out there dessert case offerings!!! We sure don't have any of that where I live. I have to say their dessert case is better than the ones I've seen in the U.S.
This was from Amorino which I've heard has opened in the U.S. - one in New York and I believe the other in Las Vegas. On the left, I got the chocolate sorbet, stracciatella, and I can't remember what the other flavor was, maybe rum raisin? I absolutely looovvveeed the chocolate sorbet, it was so rich and dark. Mom got the mango sorbet, pistachio, and I think it was either hazelnut or coffee. Pistachio is always a safe choice and I get obsessed with it. She loved the mango and she was right to - it was so fresh and bright, like eating a frozen mango.
We stopped by Angelina at the Galeries Lafayette and they had a special strawberry jam filled mont blanc. It was divine.
So I had to take a picture of their vending machines - all the bottles are upside down! And their vending machines have way more junk food than the ones in the U.S.
Being a peanut butter lover, I always looked for it at the supermarkets. They always ended up being in the foreign foods section which kind of humored me. But man! Talk about sticker shock, it was 6,99 euros for Reese's. I was in Paris when the euro cost $1.30.
I really wanted to try a babu au rhum but since my mom got a little too obsessed with eating sandwiches, we didn't get to try many restaurants. This was a baba au savarin at the bread shop near my hotel. It was alright, but I still want to try a fresh babu au rhum at a restaurant.
That's a matcha green tea and adzuki bean mousse/filling and a matcha macaron. I remember not really getting much matcha flavor, but I'd have to try this place out again (oh darn) to see if maybe I had too many sweets that day to really distinguish anything from SUGAR. This was from Sadaharu Aoki at the Lafayette Gourmet. If you're reading this blog, then you're a foodie and you MUST VISIT Lafayette Gourmet.
The name of this place escapes me and I can't even remember where it was... I think somewhere near Fauchon. But that was a honey-ish glazed chicken and I thought my mom wasn't going to like it since she's not that fond of chicken, but she ended up really liking it.
I had much too much food in the form of sweets and really couldn't take in anything else, but was was hungry... you know that feeling? It's called being nutritionally deficient because you stuffed your face with nutritionally empty cakes and sweets. So I got a salad. It was delicious. I like how it was a salad mix of raw lettuce and cooked vegetables. It came with prosciutto which was the first time I've tried it, but now it makes absolute sense to have prosciutto with everything. I think it's even better than bacon. Those are slice of bread from the famous Poilane.
This was a raspberry eclair from Paul bakery - we stopped by for lunch one day. I got suckered into their prix fixe deal when I saw their pastry case.
And of course, mom got a sandwich. I opted for a salad. I was suffering from lack of vitamins, minerals, and FIBER. TMI? Well, that's the truth.
Ya can't go to Paris without visiting their famed bridges full of locks!!!
Breakfast at Eric Kayser one day. Those financiers are addictive. That's a pistachio financier, I bought a bag with a mix of vanilla, chocolate and pistachio. They're dangerous and absolutely worth it.
That was a sandwich full of flax seeds on the bread. It was alright. I need to try the long baguette style sandwiches with prosciutto. This was a ciabatta type bread.
Part II and the last pics from Paris will be coming up soon!
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We walked past tons of Starbucks and it was really our go-to when we need a bathroom break. But check out there dessert case offerings!!! We sure don't have any of that where I live. I have to say their dessert case is better than the ones I've seen in the U.S.
This was from Amorino which I've heard has opened in the U.S. - one in New York and I believe the other in Las Vegas. On the left, I got the chocolate sorbet, stracciatella, and I can't remember what the other flavor was, maybe rum raisin? I absolutely looovvveeed the chocolate sorbet, it was so rich and dark. Mom got the mango sorbet, pistachio, and I think it was either hazelnut or coffee. Pistachio is always a safe choice and I get obsessed with it. She loved the mango and she was right to - it was so fresh and bright, like eating a frozen mango.
We stopped by Angelina at the Galeries Lafayette and they had a special strawberry jam filled mont blanc. It was divine.
So I had to take a picture of their vending machines - all the bottles are upside down! And their vending machines have way more junk food than the ones in the U.S.
Being a peanut butter lover, I always looked for it at the supermarkets. They always ended up being in the foreign foods section which kind of humored me. But man! Talk about sticker shock, it was 6,99 euros for Reese's. I was in Paris when the euro cost $1.30.
I really wanted to try a babu au rhum but since my mom got a little too obsessed with eating sandwiches, we didn't get to try many restaurants. This was a baba au savarin at the bread shop near my hotel. It was alright, but I still want to try a fresh babu au rhum at a restaurant.
That's a matcha green tea and adzuki bean mousse/filling and a matcha macaron. I remember not really getting much matcha flavor, but I'd have to try this place out again (oh darn) to see if maybe I had too many sweets that day to really distinguish anything from SUGAR. This was from Sadaharu Aoki at the Lafayette Gourmet. If you're reading this blog, then you're a foodie and you MUST VISIT Lafayette Gourmet.
The name of this place escapes me and I can't even remember where it was... I think somewhere near Fauchon. But that was a honey-ish glazed chicken and I thought my mom wasn't going to like it since she's not that fond of chicken, but she ended up really liking it.
I had much too much food in the form of sweets and really couldn't take in anything else, but was was hungry... you know that feeling? It's called being nutritionally deficient because you stuffed your face with nutritionally empty cakes and sweets. So I got a salad. It was delicious. I like how it was a salad mix of raw lettuce and cooked vegetables. It came with prosciutto which was the first time I've tried it, but now it makes absolute sense to have prosciutto with everything. I think it's even better than bacon. Those are slice of bread from the famous Poilane.
This was a raspberry eclair from Paul bakery - we stopped by for lunch one day. I got suckered into their prix fixe deal when I saw their pastry case.
And of course, mom got a sandwich. I opted for a salad. I was suffering from lack of vitamins, minerals, and FIBER. TMI? Well, that's the truth.
Ya can't go to Paris without visiting their famed bridges full of locks!!!
Breakfast at Eric Kayser one day. Those financiers are addictive. That's a pistachio financier, I bought a bag with a mix of vanilla, chocolate and pistachio. They're dangerous and absolutely worth it.
That was a sandwich full of flax seeds on the bread. It was alright. I need to try the long baguette style sandwiches with prosciutto. This was a ciabatta type bread.
Part II and the last pics from Paris will be coming up soon!
