To eat or not to eat: Ode to Chandni

We ate here almost every day. Open until midnight! Our favorite gelato place.



Grom France SARL
81, Rue de Seine
75006 Paris, France
01 40 46 92 60


Crêperie Josselin


Del Papa


Street crêpe in the Bastille


L'As du Falafel


ZenZoo


Aki


El Nopal


First Mexican burrito in Paris!


El Nopal
3, rue Eugène Varlin
75010 Paris
07 86 39 63 46

Where am I, part II?

Some more obvious hints. =)

Where am I?

First meal here.

Idli


Dosa!


Wada + sambhar


Saravanaa Bhavan
170, Rue Du Faubourg Saint Denis
75010
+33 1 40 05 01 01 ‎

Last meal in Paris - Noodles Atelier

SCORE. We found a Chinese HAND-PULLED NOODLE SHOP right next to our apartment !!! AND it was full of fresh Chinese people.... you know what I mean ?

I was beyond sick of French food and given the fact that I would be moving to Philly where virtually no good Chinese food exists (by Californian standards, perhaps?), I was having a major Asian food craving. Especially noodles since hand-made noodles are probably one of my favorite things to eat next to red meat.

Check out the crazy and somewhat disturbing artwork:




This was seriously delicious!!!


Their 5-spice, beef noodle soup, which was very different from what we are used to in California (like from Taiwanese hot spot A&J's)


YES !!! This is called "Shanghai cabbage" in French.


Though I'm not too sure what region the cooks and owners were from, the tiny two-story restaurant was full of stylish Taiwanese as well as Cantonese customers. I was super happy with my dish. Another reason why I could live in Paris forever... I have my regular pearl tea cafe, gourmet coffee shop, hand-pulled noodles joint, and ramen/donburi/bento box joints on top of amazing French bistros and restaurants. Sigh.

Noodles Atelier
164, rue Saint Denis
75002 Paris, France

À Bientôt, Paris !

Chez Joséphine Dumonet‎

One of Amir's favorite bistro's.

Naturally, I ordered the côte de bœuf.




Didn't even need the béarnaise sauce that came with it.

Chez Joséphine Dumonet‎
117, Rue du Cherche-Midi
75006 Paris, France‎
Tel: 01 45 48 52 40‎

Quite possibly the best brioche in the world

I had to come back to Bread and Roses during this trip to eat the best brioche in the world. No joke.



This brioche blows my mind, every time. It's probably a good thing I don't have easy access to this... I really can't eat brioche from anywhere else except for maybe, the Moisin bio boulangerie in the 14th.

Everyone else opted for the seasonal quiches.

Spinach and smoked salmon


Girolles


Fraise des bois tarte


Sadly, the quiches were decent yet underwhelming, especially for the price. But doesn't matter because there was plenty of brioche to go around.

Bread & Roses
7 Rue de Fleurus
75006 Paris, France
01 42 22 06 06

Falafel (FELL-AH-FELL)

Where is one of the first places to eat once we land in Paris?

L'as du Falafel - DUH!





So cool meeting up with all my lovely Americanos in France!

Saravanaa Bhavan... Paris ?!

hahahaha. This one is much cleaner and more modern than the one in Sunnyvale.

Saravanaa Bhavan
170, Rue Du Faubourg Saint Denis
75010, Paris
Tel /Fax : 01 40 05 01 01

Milk foam lessons

Rudy was kind enough to give me tips and lessons for 2,5 hours on milk foam and latte art.

HOW COOL IS THAT?



This is hardcore - a barista kit!


These are macchiatos !






Swan


Taj Mahal




My f'ed up looking bear... or cat? Or lion?


I've always had issues with making rosetta's. This is one of my better ones... almost there!


Merci, Rudy !

Juji-Ya bento boxes

Another introduction formally made by Sophie.

Here is the chicken, kabocha squash, sesame haricots verts, and potato salad. Make sure to request the Japanese rice.


Juji-Ya
46 Rue Sainte-Anne
75002 PARIS, France
01 42 86 02 22

Malongo Café

Reconnected with my friend, Rudy, whom I met at the Gastronomie on the Seine food event. Just found out he was Barista Champion of France 2009 for latte art.






Haven't had good coffee since Doge. What a relief. =)

Malongo Café
50 Rue Saint-André des Arts
75006 Paris, France
+33 1 43 26 47 10