Ok, so if you're on Rue Blomet, and around the corner from Rue Lecourbe, you're in a great area for good food. it's where my husband grew up and where his parents still live, so my images of Paris are all about that street. The best bread around there is on rue Cambronne, just at the corner of rue Lecourbe and rue Cambronne. They also do good petits fours (both sweet and savoury). Across the street on rue lecourbe, there's a good fruit shop and a fish shop. There's a great cheese shop just there which does almost only goats cheeses. Delicious! For cakes etc, there are beautiful ones at the Grande Epicerie at the Bon Marche, but there's also LeNotre, if you don't feel like trekking all that way! (it's about a 10 minute walk to the Bon Marche from the top of rue Lecourbe). I wish I could remember the name of the road, but the Maison du Sud-Ouest just off rue Lecourbe is the one to go to - if you're looking towards Bvd garibaldi (the elevated railway bridge), it's a road to the right, sllightly diagonally off r lecourbe, almost opposite the Monoprix. (monoprix is good and open late if you need any staples) There's a really good traiteur too, it's on the same side of rue lecourbe. And a greek one that has good stuff if you want some variety. For a slightly touristy lunch, walk up to the Invalides, along Avenue Breteuil (beautiful place... ), and just at the top, on the left, there's a restaurant called Le vauban - sit outside with the dome of the invalides glinting out the corner of your eye, and have your croque monsieur and salade verte. Or around the other side of it, (towards rue st dominique I think), there's the Costes... oh wait, it's not called Costes now, but it's owned by the people who own the v smart hotel costes on the faubourg st honore - and have good food but better people watching. People will know it as Costes! If you want a hearty southwestern meal, go to that place on the rue Bonvin which has been mentioned. le troquet. DEFINITELY pierre herme ... pastries as jewellery. Don't forget that most things are closed on Sundays. I think i'd spend most of my time cooking at home.. I'd eat out at lunch and spend the day shopping for whatever feast I was going to make that night. Oh god, it's months since we've been, I must find an excuse to see the parents-in-law soon. I can't wait for seafood season at christmas. I giggle like an idiot.
