I'm sorry it has been quite a while since my last post. My Brown email system and the blogspot thing has been crashing for quite a while and I didn't realize that it could be solved simply by logging out of my Brown account until... today. Yes, I am a bright one with technology.
Anyways, I'm picking up exactly where I left off and am going to retell all the things I ate in Paris!
After climbing the Eiffel Tower to the tippy-top, Sami and I were staaaaaarving and so we headed over to an Eric Kayser cafe and chowed down a sandwich recommended to me by a friend of mine.
It was served on a multigrain bread and on the inside, there was succulent chicken breast, tart sundried tomatoes, mayo, and lettuce. Even though I am usually not a fan of mayo, this sandwich was absolutely scrumptious.
Seeing as how we were in Paris, I could not skip on the dessert. I had mini eclairs pictured below. I had two chocolate eclairs, one coffee eclair and one pistacchio eclair along with a cappuccino (illy! Italy pride!). The eclairs were a bit disappointing seeing as they weren't super flavorful and they were a bit soggy, but it still made me happy.
Sami and I decided to try Moroccan food for the first time, and we figured that Paris would be the right place to try it out (other than Morocco itself as Sami has rightly pointed out). We went to L'Atlas, recommended by David Leibovitz in his book "My Sweet Life in Paris." He did not let us down!
As soon as we sat down, we were welcomes with little munchies. Spiced olives and also delicious potatoes and carrots!
We also ordered some Moroccan wine to accompany our meal. In my humble opinion (granted, I don't know too much about wine) the wine was a bit watery but that could have been just me.
Then, for appetizers, we had some grilled prawns with avocados. Since both Sami and I have been seafood-deprived, this was the perfect appetizer. It was flavorful, light and refreshing.
Since it was my first Moroccan food experience, I decided to stick with the dish that I recognized on the menu. I ordered a lamb tagine with prunes and almonds. The result? Absolutely delicious! It wasn't as sweet as I expected (in a good way) and it had so many layers of flavors as you can see just from looking at the picture below. I did not get sick of it at all throughout the entire meal and just writing this paragraph makes my mouth water a bit.
Sami ordered lamb tagine as well but with figs and walnuts. I think she was quiiiiite satisfied with her dish as well! Meaning, neither of us had any scraps left at the end of the meal.
I also had THE fluffiest cous cous of my life in this restaurant. I don't know what they did but this cous cous was just magical.
For other people, they would stop eating after such a big meal at L'Atlas. Sami and I were different, however. We decided that we needed a grand finale to the second night in Paris. So we decided to head over to Cafe de Flore for a quintessential Parisian experience. We have decided in the end that this is probably deemed as the quintessential Parisian experience by others since a. it's extremely expensive b. it's fantastic for people watching. Despite the exorbitant price tag, we had two great drinks.
Sami was classy and went for the Whiskey. (if I remember correctly) Me, being a girly-girl, ordered a cocktail with the base of champagne and some raspberries. I can't recall all the ingredients off the top of my head, but I remember it being sweet and delicious. Also, the color is just absolutely beautiful.
I then realized that David Leibovitz wrote that there is the city's best hot chocolate at this cafe so I just had to go for it. Verdict? Very good, smooth, not stingingly sweet hot chocolate.
And that was ACTUALLY the last thing that I had for the day. That marked the end of our second epic day in Paris!
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