Dinner in Paris

Dinner time!  I have been dreaming about French food for a long time… foie gras, duck confit, profiteroles… oh, yum!

So I had Bourgogne Sud on my list – a highly rated bistro close to our hotel, about 3-minute walk according to Google Map.  However, we headed the other way and ended up there 20 minutes later at around 9:00 pm.  The place is small and packed.  The hostess/owner is nice and friendly.  She told us to come back another day as they could no longer accommodate us for the night.  Parisians take the time to enjoy dinner. They usually stay until almost closing time.   It is a 3-4 hour love affair with food. 

The owner grabbed a piece of paper, wrote down another bistro and sketched the direction.  And that’s how we ended up here…  at Le Bistro des Deux Theatres…  for our first dinner in Paris this time around.

Food was mind-blowing good.  I had foie gras  for appetizer, pan-roasted duck breast with gratin dauphinoise in morel mushroom cream sauce for the main course and dessert was Suzette crepes that were flambéed table-side with grand marnier. Yum-O!   Husband had oysters, scallops & prawns and pineapple carpaccio with mint leaves and coconut ice cream.  Mom had fish soup from Cote d’Azur, griddled sea bass in lemon butter sauce and ice cream.