Champagne on ice

...is very nice.

Above: the barman pours our apéritifs while a hunk of salt-studded Brittany butter keeps watch

 Below: just some of the sharing plates that accompanied

[sardines-as-you've-never-tasted; poulet frites w/horseradish cream; planche of thinly-sliced rare roast beef, parmesan, tapenade, capers]

L'Avant Comptoir Marché

Chef: Yves Camdeborde
Champagne: Drappier

Lézard Café

A favorite café on rue Tiquetonne.

Column

Vista of Place Vendôme's column as seen from the Jardin des Tuileries.

Rocket art

Contemporary art at a gallery near the Louvre.

The gate

 

A much loved passageway heaves with history.

A taste of Paris

 

 

The capital's most must-attend food event of the year ends Sunday May 20, 2018.

TASTE OF PARIS
Greatest gastronomy festival in the world

Grand Palais 
3 avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008

Above: mega chef de cuisine Thierry Marx at work

Coffee and kilts

Parisian waiters wear kilts and combat boots at a café-bistro off Place de la Concorde.

Le plat du jour: tomates farcies

Ever since my Aunt Maria's baked stuffed tomatoes Roman style we've been on the lookout for the perfect tomates farcies, but have to admit that these came pretty close. - BPJ