Bonjour tout le monde! Out of the
midst of the busy month, I finally made an effort to continue to blog about my
trip to Paris back in Spring 2018. I think the reason I held up on writing this
post was probably because I would most likely crave for a lot of delicious food
from France. That’s right, in this post, I will talk about some of the most
amazing foods I’ve ate! I am already hungry… and I just ate dinner…
1. RESTAURANTS
Comptoir de la Gastronomie
Comptoir de la Gastronomie
This
restaurant was recommended by a friend of mine. We made reservations in
advance, because this place was quite tiny. The food was exquisite. We tried
out many French cuisine paired with wine of course: French onion soup,
escargots, foie gras ravioli, seared duck breast and aged steak. It was worth
stuffing my face and tummy.
Address:
34 Rue Montmartre, 75001 Paris, France
Hours of Operation:
12PM – 11PM (Closed on Sundays)
Website: http://comptoirdelagastronomie.com/
Le Bistro du Perigord
Continuing
the trend of some delicious French cuisine, we found this on yelp while
visiting the Pantheon (Paris). We went after lunch hours so there was lots of
room at the restaurant. Food was also amazing, and again paired with wine,
starting off with some foie gras (pâté) and more escargots follow with
some delicious mains including this beautiful looking duck breast with sweet
potato yam.
Address: 71
Rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France
Hours of
Operation: 7AM – 10:30PM (Closed on Sundays)
Le Petit Châtelet
Also
recommended by one of my friends, situated across from the Notre Damn and right
beside the Shakespeare & Company Bookstore. Got to try this place during
lunch. Again, it’s a tiny place, like most good French cuisine places. They
offer menus on a blackboard in French, but if you don’t know French, the
reverse side has English.
Address: 39
Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France
Hours of
Operations: 12PM – 2:30PM, 7PM – 10:50PM
2. CAFÉS
All
that French food can be a bit filling at times, so let’s talk about all the
delicious Parisian snacks shall we?
Angelina
This
was the first place I went to after dropping my luggage at the hotel, and it
was conveniently right beside my hotel. Angelina Café is supposedly the café that
Coco Chanel dines at all the time, so obviously it was swamped with tourists.
But I got there in the nick of time, and only had to wait 5 minutes for a
table. Must try here are the hot chocolate. It was an early morning for us, so
we also ordered some breakfast. 
Address: 226
Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France (+various locations)
Hours of
Operations: 7:30AM – 7PM (hours varies on weekends)
Website: https://angelina-paris.fr
Café de Flore
Recommended yet by another friend was this very beautiful café. With
sitting on the outside and inside. The outside looks like a growing garden
found at the corner of the street. Must try is their hot chocolate (it’s made
from pure chocolate, none of that powder stuff from tin cans). Also tried
another bowl of French onion soup here as well, might as well, since I’m in
France.
Address: 172
Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France
Hours of
Operations: 7:30AM – 1:30AM
Website:
https://cafedeflore.fr
Café Kitsuné
Didn’t
think I would find this café, but while roaming around the Palais Royale and
the Jardin du Palais Royal, I found this café. I saw it many times on Instagram
(obviously because the place was instaworthy), but since I was so tired, I got
some java here too. It was heavenly, both hot and cold drinks. Ice latte, green
tea latte and regular latte.
Address: Jardin
du Palais, 51 Galerie de Montpensier, 75001 Paris, France
Hours of
Operations: 10:00AM – 6:00PM (6:30PM on weekends)
Website:
https://kitsune.fr
3. MACAROONS
Of
course, you can’t go to Paris without trying the best macaroons in the world!
Ladurée
They
have this in other places too, but there were so many more choices of flavors
here! I probably went here every day for ‘a snack’ because it was literally
right across from my hotel. Yes, my wallet took a dent here since these things
are awfully expensive, but it was much worth it – my taste buds and tummy said
so.
Address: 14
Rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris, France (various locations)
Hours of
Operations: 10AM – 7PM
Website: https://laduree.fr
Pierre Hermé Paris
And then there was this, not found at home, and had even more fancy /
exquisite flavors of macaroons. I actually brought some back home because they
are sooooooooo good. Too bad their best before date is like 5 days after day of
purchase, or else I would have gotten more.
Address: 4
Rue Cambon, 75001 Paris, France (various locations)
Hours of
Operations: 10AM – 8PM
Website: https://pierreherme.com
4. THEN I WENT
FULL OUT ASIAN…
During
my trip I got terribly ill. Maybe because it rained an entire day and I wasn’t
dressed warm enough, I was craving for my Asian fix. Desperate to find
something delicious, warm and hearty, I resorted to yelp and found this amazing
pho place relatively close to my hotel.
Pho 14 Opera
I
swear to god this place was possibly the most expensive place to get pho: 15
euros I think it was?? Anyways, I felt much better after this trip, but it was
delicious, warm and hearty. Most of the folks dining here were Asian too,
occasionally found some Caucasians dropping by. Then I realize, there was a
delivery option too. Should have opt for it if only I knew…
Address: Rule Molière,
75001 Paris, France
Hours of
Operations: 11AM
– 10:30PM (Closed on Sundays)
Website: https://pho14opera.fr/en
And
that’s all for now! Stay tune for my next trip in Netherlands!
