Café Kléber

It was time to try out the food in Paris.  The first meal would be a lunch, but Marlene was not hungry enough to order a full meal and she wanted something light.  I ordered what was the first of many formule meals whcih included Soup de Legumes de Saison (seasonal vegetable shoup), Poulet Fermier and Frites (free range chicken and fries) and Accompagne de sa Petite Mousse Au Chocolat (Expresso with mini chocolate mousse.  Marlene had the soup, the mousse and the expresso.  I had the chicken and fries.  Wanting to have dessert too, I also ordered a Crêpes Glacées (crêpes with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and almonds).  with the ice cream melting fast, I started to dislike crêpes which was my sentiment for crêpes thereafter.  Alas, no pics of the crêpe.

 

Café du Trocadéro

The first night in France was spent just a doorstep away from our hotel.  The night's dinner was to recognize and thank our matchmaker and her husbnd for bringing all of us together.  It was a no holds bar meal which started off with two orders of that chewy morsel, Escargot.  Each order allowed each of us six snails.  The ladies each ordered a Thon snacké (Thai salad), Michael orderd Cabillaud cuit vapeur (steamed cod) and I ordered the special of the day, Côtelettes d'agneau (lamb chops with garlic).

The meal was most memorable for not only the occasion, but also the food.  An encore visit after the tour would porove this.

 

Le Départ Saint Michel

Unknown as to why we chose the inside seating vice the outside initially, we decide shade would be better.  We realized why when it started to rain heavy midway during our meal. and we realized why.  The food was standard cafe food  Orderd French onion soup, Nicoise salad and once again duck confit with frites.  Not sure why the second order of the duck.  Must like the stuff.

Entertainment was provided by the passing pedestrians who braved the rain and those who hired one of the many taxis waiting for passengers along the side of the restaurant.  All the taxis were gone just as the rain stopped which was also the time we finished lunch.

 

Fables de la Fontaine
Note:  no pics taken......pics featured came from an encore visit to this restaurant on 6/8

Not sure what to expect from a Michelin star restaurant, so I would have high expectations of whatever was brought out.  I was not disappointed. 

To start, a small plate with four wooden finger cupf of a chilled cucumber soup came out with four little biscuits.  It was one of those "how did they make it taste so good?" moments of the meal, and it would not be the last.  Like the uncouf American tourist I was, I simply downed it like a shot of whiskey (not that I drink or anything like that).  It went down good.

What I ordered started off with a French onion soup followed by a moist and tender hake (lean white fish that is part of the cod family) dish.  Dessert was a rice pudding souffle.

What didn't go well for the meal was the fact that an order was misheard so one Marlene got the wrong order but fortunately Michael was OK with what Marlene got and Marlene was OK with the trade.  And about that dessert.....I didn't get the black bottle of caramel......but it still was as all good.