“Chez Rue” and “Chez Nous” – eating on the street, cooking at home.

I had a whole post about Paris, not mentioning food. It’s hard. The reason is that it fit a whole new post. And there is more to come soon about the restaurants. Enjoy the pics!

Patisseries: we try to enter every day to try their Flan Nature and sometimes choose something interesting to taste.

The first place we got Macaroons, was this. It was in a Patisserie but I guess not fresh enough so I was disappointed.

To recover from the first trail I tried a place that specializes in macaroons. The choice was hard but I went with caramel and chocolate – pretty basic.

They were pretty good, especially the chocolate one which was fudgey inside and crisp and fresh on the outside. But I’m not sure they are worth paying so much for (those two cost more than 4 euro).

While looking for a studio we found ourselves walking mainly in residency areas and far less on the touristic hot-spots. This is why we found that fruits are everywhere on the streets. It feels a bit like the streets of a tropical country with this amount and range of fruits. The prices are high of course, but basically close to the prices in Israel, now that fruits are so expensive in Israel as well.

This berry was a nice snack while walking.

This is just one very nice looking boucherie. We found out that chicken is not that cheap in France as in Israel. Of course the cheapest meat here is the pork and then lamb, duck, rabbit and chicken, the red meat is pretty expensive as well, similar to how much it costs in Israel, maybe some parts even more. So we ate a lot of pork and lamb, and sea food which is always a good choice once your out of Israel.

This is one typical dinner of pork. We were so busy with running around all day that at evening my parents treated me with making a salad and a pork steak with all the cheeses that accompanied our every meal.

For breakfast, this is a huge French-toast made by my dad from all the day old baguette.

 

For another dinner we made carpaccio to eat with a fresh baguette.

And a seafood dinner that I cooked

Another night I was upset that I still didn’t find a place so dad took over and made pork in apples. Good comfort food.

And for dessert, something that’s called chocolate pudding, but It taste like souffle in a pie.

And next was the lamb dinner

And Mom made the salad with pears and walnuts this time

And if you’re already taking the red meat, it’s great quality, better make a steak tartar out of it and eat it raw.

For dessert some tiramisu, why not.

And a little update about the apartment hunt, I found a small studio alone in the 15th (good area) in a reasonable price. It’s small but at least alone and all the extra cash can be invested on eating out and going out with friends! Horay!

Next post: some more food, Restaurants etc.