Paris Day 15 (Recovery)

can i buy clomid at walgreens We slept in until about 0830 this morning then sat around and did a whole lot of nothing.

Bon Marche

Okhtyrka Bon Marche

We were trying to recover from both our trip to Senlis (see previous days post) and wine and cheese (our dinner, after the big lunch in Senlis) with friends in Saint Germain des Prés.

We headed out of here after lunch time, we had croissants for breakfast and 2 pots of coffee and were skipping lunch in anticipation of dinner at La Cordonnerie tonight (Hugo’s restaurant).

We took the bus over to the 6th arrondissement to the Jardins des Plantes to walk around

Allee at the Jardin des Plantes

Allee at the Jardin des Plantes

and enjoy a sunny day, although the wind was a bit blustery.

We walked, took photos and enjoyed the gardens for about 2 hours and then headed over to Bon Marche and the La Grande Epicerie de  Paris.  We found that both store have been completely refinished on the inside and some places it was still a work-in-progress.

We were truing to decide bus or metro on the way home but

A rose in the garden

A rose in the garden

chose the bus because there is more to see and it was still light outside.

When we arrived home we poured a glass of wine, rosé for Pat and Cote du Rhone for Mike, sliced up two Comice pears and some comté cheese for a light snack, the pears were excellent.  We’re still working on a piece of 30-month old comté also

Parsley, Sage rosemary and thyme, someone should write a song -- Oh I thing Paul Simon did!

Parsley, Sage rosemary and thyme, someone should write a song — Oh I thing Paul Simon did!

delicious.

We’re now catching up on blogs and Facebook (Pat) and anticipating dinner.

Report back later!

Dinner was great Pat started with a salad of fresh-water shrimp, apple and a citrus dressing, I had the fricasseed mushrooms with a rosemary cream sauce and some truffle

Cod fish with a citrus butter sauce an fries La Cordonnerie, Paris

Cod fish with a citrus butter sauce an fries La Cordonnerie, Paris

reduction, both were excellent.  We followed the first course with Cod for Pat poaches in light citrus sauce and then finished with a citrus butter sauce, very nice plate.  Pat of course asked Hugo

Braised leg of rabbit with scallop potatoes and carrots in a rabbit reduction.

Braised leg of rabbit with scallop potatoes and carrots in a rabbit reduction.o to substitute fries for the rice and it also was accompanied by sautéed zucchini.

to substitute fries for the rice and it also was accompanied by sautéed zucchini.

I opted for the leg of rabbit that was braised with carrots and onions, so tender you did not need a knife which had a rich rabbit stock, scalloped potatoes and  poached carrots.

We ove indulged with wine, Cote de Provence, two bottles, and passed on dessert but not before we made a reservation for the following Wednesday night. We spent a long time chatting with Hugo about food, his mom and his dad, his dad died back in 1997 and Hugo’s struggle with taking over the restaurant after his dads death.  Valerie made a short appearance on her way to take their dog for a walk. We met a couple from Wyoming who grow organic wheat and were stopping in Paris on their way home from a trade who in Germany.

We depart the restaurant at about 11:30 PM, the bus had stopped running so we jumped the metro for the ride home.

Hugo in the Kitchen and the folks from Wyoming getting Bananas Flame.

 

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