Le Chocdoc Goûte Paris

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

 

we are out for dinner at la  Rotounde - we are with Dinara Kasko - you may know her from Instagram.

 

The look on Dinara's face when she saw her soup bowl was priceless! It's butternut and chestnut soup. @Alleguede chose pate.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

chicken

 

 

lamb for me

 

 

 

beef for @Alleguede

[rotuts]

so

 

whats in the square dish ?

 

a bit creamy looking ?

 

Polenta ?

Edited October 31, 2017 by rotuts (log)

[TicTac]

She is in Paris -

 

Butter with a bit of potatoes, clearly!

 

 

[rotuts]

@TicTac 

 

as I thought.

 

as there is a butter shortage in FR

 

I didn't want to be rube

 

suggesting :

 

How did you manage that ?

 

see ?

[Kerry Beal]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

so

 

whats in the square dish ?

 

a bit creamy looking ?

 

Polenta ?

 

TicTac is bang on - butter with potatoes 

[Kerry Beal]

And yes there is a butter shortage - we noticed the signs in Metro

[quiet1]

5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

And yes there is a butter shortage - we noticed the signs in Metro

 

And no mass panic? Impressive.

[jmacnaughtan]

2 hours ago, quiet1 said:

 

And no mass panic? Impressive.

 

We've all been stockpiling.

 

Around the abdomen, mostly.

[Kerry Beal]

Testing the rum and raisin mentioned by @jmacnaughtan above. It's got RUM!

 

[Kerry Beal]

The Chef Cut people recognize the advantage of having their product on our table! Here is what they made us in about 1 minute start to finish this morning,

 

[lindag]

4 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

The Chef Cut people recognize the advantage of having their product on our table! Here is what they made us in about 1 minute start to finish this morning,

 

Impressive.

[caroled]

On ‎10‎/‎29‎/‎2017 at 3:41 PM, Kerry Beal said:

Went back to venue and got more stuff done - then back home to enjoy our purchases 

 

 

There's baguette and Pouline bread to spread it all on 

 

I am so jealous of this...Pont-L'Eveque...oh my!

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

6 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

The Chef Cut people recognize the advantage of having their product on our table! Here is what they made us in about 1 minute start to finish this morning,

 

 

Any 3D printed chocolate at the show or technology therefor?

 

[Kerry Beal]

Chez Van

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

All they are prepared to let you eat

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Any 3D printed chocolate at the show or technology therefor?

 

Rodney went to a demo yesterday by the girl we took out to dinner with us - it was to show a 3D printer. Didn't see any others at the show. Lots of bean to bar equipment and lots of tempering machines. The lovely folks at one of the booths across from us were gold merchants from Switzerland - the had all sorts of gold leaf for decoration. A couple of nice packaging companies.

[TicTac]

That meal....in France...!?

 

The Horror!!!

[jmacnaughtan]

7 hours ago, TicTac said:

That meal....in France...!?

 

The Horror!!!

 

There's a lot of very good (and mediocre, bad and worse) Asian cuisine in Paris - not so much elsewhere in France.  One ramen place I go to frequently does it better than anywhere I visited in Japan

 

If you have the time and the budget, there is a 1* Chinese place in the Shangri-La.  Really excellent cooking.

[Kerry Beal]

1 minute ago, jmacnaughtan said:

 

There's a lot of very good (and mediocre, bad and worse) Asian cuisine in Paris - not so much elsewhere in France.  One ramen place I go to frequently does it better than anywhere I visited in Japan

 

If you have the time and the budget, there is a 1* Chinese place in the Shangri-La.  Really excellent cooking.

Our search (which was not fulfilled by last nights meal) was the find the Chinese food of @Alleguede's youth here in Paris. He is determined that the fat it's cooked in tastes different (and I suspect that is a big part of the difference). 

[jmacnaughtan]

2 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Our search (which was not fulfilled by last nights meal) was the find the Chinese food of @Alleguede's youth here in Paris. He is determined that the fat it's cooked in tastes different (and I suspect that is a big part of the difference). 

 

Ah, I see.  Have you checked around the Chinese quarter in (I think) the 13th?  It's near metro Maison Blanche, where the big avenues form a triangle.  There's also a few big Chinese supermarkets there, which are always fun to visit

[Kerry Beal]

6 hours ago, jmacnaughtan said:

 

Ah, I see.  Have you checked around the Chinese quarter in (I think) the 13th?  It's near metro Maison Blanche, where the big avenues form a triangle.  There's also a few big Chinese supermarkets there, which are always fun to visit

We might be finished with our Chinese search for now (might have to leave that to next trip) - but James I'm curious about where your favourite Ramen joint is?

 

[jmacnaughtan]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

We might be finished with our Chinese search for now (might have to leave that to next trip) - but James I'm curious about where your favourite Ramen joint is?

 

 

It's in the Japanese district, not far from the Opéra Garnier: a place called Naritake ramen, on the rue des Petits Champs.  There are a few nearby, but this does the proper heavy Hokkaido style ramen with (allegedly) hand-pulled noodles.  It's like a hug in a bowl.

[Kerry Beal]

Off and running first thing this morning - we wanted to check out Du Pain et Idées - a pastry shop that specializes in escargot that I recalled from my last trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@Alleguede was not impressed with their croissant - but allowed that the pistachio escargot was quite alright!

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

Quick trip into Clement Design to check out chef coats.

 

 

 

Back into J. Detou to pick up all sorts of goodies - I got my spice I had seen last trip and another pepper that smelled quite awesome.

 

 

Coming around the corner towards Mora and Deco France we found a street market had been set up.

 

 

With a small enough car you can park just about anywhere.