Food... what else?

I made financiers the other day with my new financier molds - they were for Nina but she was too busy this week to pick them up. Tant pis - me and Amanda ate them.


For lunch, we went back to Le Salon de Thé Wen Zhou - I know, I have been there a million times this week, but not for lunch. ;)

We tried this "flat bun" with Chinese veg and meat.


And of course ordered the Cha Niu Hu.


Their buns


GOOD NEWS ! They started making zhi ma qio ! And they are 100x better than the ones a few doors down. Perfectly cooked.

Best Chinese food in Paris... thus far

Le Salon de Thé Wen Zhou
24, rue de Belleville
75020 Paris
M: Belleville
Tel: 01.46.36.56.33

I had been here previously with Kat. And then today with Amanda. Get the fresh made buns (any of them), spicy eggplant, noodles... and they even have NIAN GAO ! (Sticky rice cake). I'm getting that shit next time. (Btw, it is totally not a "salon de thé").

I felt like I was back in California... well almost.

It was nice to speak my broken Mandarin with them. And hear the owners talk really loud and say things like "crazy/mental and stupid" in Mandarin.

I even found Zhi Ma Qio (Ping ying is way off - Sesame rice balls with red bean paste) a couple doors down. It was overcooked but still tasty. I will go in the morning when they are more fresh.

This place beats all the crap that is around Paris.

I am happy. Very happy.

The end.