Paris on a budget, part 2
Feb 3, 2009 5:57:48 GMT
Post by Jazz on Feb 3, 2009 5:57:48 GMT
Paris and Food.
Each trip I faithfully make a list of the cafes and restaurants that I MUST go to and each time I somehow ignore the list and find my own special places. Every now and then I actually do find and eat at a specific restaurant. I love to wander and if I am tempted, I note the address to return for lunch or dinner. I usually have the 'menu' or, the fixed price meal. Great value. Since I travel alone, I always have lunch out. The lunch menus are less expensive than dinner, but both are excellent value.
www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jul/17/paris.restaurants
As I wrote earlier, my daily budget depends on my mood...on a special day I might go to Taillevent for their 'menu' of 80E, but this would be only once in a trip. Unforgettable.
Trust your basic feelings of what you love...the ambiance of a tiny neighborhood bistro or hole-in-the-wall...the comfortable chat with the waiter or the owner. On my last trip, three waiters became very much a part of the texture of my trip.
The markets and market streets are a rich world and I could spend days in them. If you have rented an apartment, this is where you go...for food, flowers and beautiful gifts. My favorites to date are Richard Lenoir (Bastille), marche Aligre, rue Mouffetarde, Place Maubert and rue Montorgueille. Each arrondissement has its own distinctive market. If you are patient, read "le Ventre de Paris" (The Belly of Paris) written by Emile Zola in 1873. This is a brilliant novel of daily life in des Halles written at the heighth of its vitality.
www.bonjourparis.com/story/walking-the-open-air-markets/
www.v1.paris.fr/EN/Living/markets/default.ASP
pour-vous-paris.com/v0_00004f.htm
afoodiefroggy.canalblog.com/archives/2007/02/21/4081006.html
Go to the local delicatessen, boulangerie, fromagerie and wineshop and put together a luscious picnic. Then, enjoy it on the banks of the Seine or in one of the beautiful parks... le Jardin Luxembourg, Buttes Chaumont, Bois de Bologne, Parc Monceau and the modest hidden squares...Paris inconnu. You could also take your picnic and munch happily as you spend three hours on a boat on the Canal Saint Martin. Let's not forget street food. Buy a delicious crepe and walk and walk and walk.
Paris is a rich ethnic city and it is an inexpensive delight to sample the foods. Kerouac has written several excellent essays about these areas with suggestions. Chinatown in the 13th Arr. and Passage Brady in the 10th are intriguing. I once had dinner in Passage Brady for 7Euro, it was very good and it felt exotic.
www.geobeats.com/videoclips/france/paris/passage-brady
Each trip I faithfully make a list of the cafes and restaurants that I MUST go to and each time I somehow ignore the list and find my own special places. Every now and then I actually do find and eat at a specific restaurant. I love to wander and if I am tempted, I note the address to return for lunch or dinner. I usually have the 'menu' or, the fixed price meal. Great value. Since I travel alone, I always have lunch out. The lunch menus are less expensive than dinner, but both are excellent value.
www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jul/17/paris.restaurants
As I wrote earlier, my daily budget depends on my mood...on a special day I might go to Taillevent for their 'menu' of 80E, but this would be only once in a trip. Unforgettable.
Trust your basic feelings of what you love...the ambiance of a tiny neighborhood bistro or hole-in-the-wall...the comfortable chat with the waiter or the owner. On my last trip, three waiters became very much a part of the texture of my trip.
The markets and market streets are a rich world and I could spend days in them. If you have rented an apartment, this is where you go...for food, flowers and beautiful gifts. My favorites to date are Richard Lenoir (Bastille), marche Aligre, rue Mouffetarde, Place Maubert and rue Montorgueille. Each arrondissement has its own distinctive market. If you are patient, read "le Ventre de Paris" (The Belly of Paris) written by Emile Zola in 1873. This is a brilliant novel of daily life in des Halles written at the heighth of its vitality.
www.bonjourparis.com/story/walking-the-open-air-markets/
www.v1.paris.fr/EN/Living/markets/default.ASP
pour-vous-paris.com/v0_00004f.htm
afoodiefroggy.canalblog.com/archives/2007/02/21/4081006.html
Go to the local delicatessen, boulangerie, fromagerie and wineshop and put together a luscious picnic. Then, enjoy it on the banks of the Seine or in one of the beautiful parks... le Jardin Luxembourg, Buttes Chaumont, Bois de Bologne, Parc Monceau and the modest hidden squares...Paris inconnu. You could also take your picnic and munch happily as you spend three hours on a boat on the Canal Saint Martin. Let's not forget street food. Buy a delicious crepe and walk and walk and walk.
Paris is a rich ethnic city and it is an inexpensive delight to sample the foods. Kerouac has written several excellent essays about these areas with suggestions. Chinatown in the 13th Arr. and Passage Brady in the 10th are intriguing. I once had dinner in Passage Brady for 7Euro, it was very good and it felt exotic.
www.geobeats.com/videoclips/france/paris/passage-brady
