Comments on: Sure, I Love Paris, No Really I Do http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/ anecdotes for the gourmet proletariat Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:47:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Maggie http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6059 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:32:09 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6059 Ms. P - Yeah, I guess the reason I've been a little put off is because it was soooo easy to find good food in the Languedoc and South. Ms. P and VRoom - A meat and cheese ploughman's lunch was best, and I always looked for "roquette" (rocket) under the salad header. My advise to anyone going: splurging on lunch is much more satisfying. And there is some stunning Indian food to be had in Passage Brady, near the Republique. Ms. P - Yeah, I guess the reason I’ve been a little put off is because it was soooo easy to find good food in the Languedoc and South.

Ms. P and VRoom - A meat and cheese ploughman’s lunch was best, and I always looked for “roquette” (rocket) under the salad header. My advise to anyone going: splurging on lunch is much more satisfying. And there is some stunning Indian food to be had in Passage Brady, near the Republique.

]]> by: VRoom http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6052 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:45:57 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6052 I agree with both of you. When in Paris, stick to what the French do best: bread, cheese, wine, and meat spread. Finding anything affordable AND delicious for a restaurant took me weeks. Don't feel bad that you didn't "trip over" tons of good stuff. I had to crawl under, over, and through to find them. I agree with both of you. When in Paris, stick to what the French do best: bread, cheese, wine, and meat spread. Finding anything affordable AND delicious for a restaurant took me weeks. Don’t feel bad that you didn’t “trip over” tons of good stuff. I had to crawl under, over, and through to find them.

]]> by: ms.proust http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6049 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:28:29 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/travel/paris-food-quality-euro/#comment-6049 I'm telling you now, I'd go to Gascony WAY before Paris because of that price ratio. Paris is full of great eats, but mostly if you live there. In the mornings, we would run across the street & buy a baguette, smear some decadently unpasteurized cheese on & call it good until lunch. Lunch is the real deal, but one of the best meals I had in Paris was a poulet roti bought off the street with macaroni & cheese we made (a melted gratin of all our leftovers from throughout France cooked in our toaster oven). Charges for those first few flutes of champagne sent me reeling once I got home & read our credit card bill--forget the apperitif & drink wine at home! Iceburg??? Where, how? At least the salades were a safe bet... Please advise! I’m telling you now, I’d go to Gascony WAY before Paris because of that price ratio. Paris is full of great eats, but mostly if you live there.

In the mornings, we would run across the street & buy a baguette, smear some decadently unpasteurized cheese on & call it good until lunch. Lunch is the real deal, but one of the best meals I had in Paris was a poulet roti bought off the street with macaroni & cheese we made (a melted gratin of all our leftovers from throughout France cooked in our toaster oven).

Charges for those first few flutes of champagne sent me reeling once I got home & read our credit card bill–forget the apperitif & drink wine at home!

Iceburg??? Where, how? At least the salades were a safe bet… Please advise!

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