Paris, Puree

Hey there!

Well, we're back from Paris, and Tyler still isn't awake, so I guess we have some down time. =)

I thought I'd show you some pictures!

The first, and only important place we went, was Bistro D'Hubert! This is a place where you can spend A LOT OF MONEY, and I spent A LOT OF MONEY to eat here. YAY I FINALLY ATE FRENCH CUISINE! REALLY! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAYAYAY!!!!

This is how I acted during the entire meal with Tyler. He asked me if I was going to be ok.

THEN I SAID NO. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BE SOMEWHAT OK.

Then he asked me if I was going to take my medication. Or if I was going to start having seizures.

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Well, I maybe seizured a little bit. But YOU WOULD TOO. YOU WOULD.

This is the Bistro. It's small and french and all wooden, and french. You can see the open kitchen in the background with the chefs doing their thing. You knew it was a REAL french restaurant, because the chefs slowly stopped working around 3ish, when the meals were over, and were only coming back when they had reservations, late in the evening. PARIS IS SO COOL. I MADE AN E-MAIL RESERVATION IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH. WEEEEE.

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OK, maybe I am a little mentally disable.

Courtesy of the House

A cold cucumber soup. This was SO NICE. It was LOTS of flavour, very simple ingredients, and they served the right kind of bread with it as well. Terrific. 5/5.

We also had an aperitif ( I KNOW. ME??? DRINKING??? IN PARIS??? YES!!!!) which Tyler couldn't stand (LIGHTWEIGHT) but I thought it was really nice and kind of fruity. Tyler also learned that 'aperitif" is a kind of before dinner drink. I thought it was nice. Tyler thought it was crap. I'll give it a 3/5.

Tyler's entree

Tyler had a kind of sushi/crab cakes, but I don't know what it was filled with. All I can say is that it looked amazing. Tyler was surprised at the quality of the food. "The actual crab cakes were actually amazing," says Tyler, "really strong flavours." However, the smoked salmon wrapped up there, he said, "Was a little too strong. It had too strong of a fish taste to it. But, it wasn't bad. The smokey flavour was good, but the sour fish taste overpowered it." There were also, "White things on my plate, definitely fish of some sort, really good. There weren't any spice or sauce to it really, but everything was really fresh and lots of tastiness." Thanks Tyler. So, other than that stinky salmon, he really like it, so we'll give it a 4/5.

My entree

This was my entree, ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL???? *SOB* I WANT IT BACK. I WANT TO EAT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. *SOB*

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As you can tell, I thought it was very, very, very, very-very-very-good. In fact, this was amazing. In fact, this may have been the best thing I have ever eaten in my life. This was a cous-cous pilaf thingy with a plate of mixed seafood of crevettes (small shrimp), swordfish (Which was amazing!) and calamari (which was the most intense calamari EVER...but it doesn't help that the only calamari I've eaten was deep-fried.). The flavours were really fresh, every bite you had the flavours were really strong, and they never stopped coming. It was an Energizer Bunny for my palatte. AMAZING. Each bite you could taste everything, nice accents. Whew. OK, this definitely gets top marks. Very, very impressed, especially since I did not think cous-cous could ever be high end food. 17/5.

Le Plat-Main course

Tyler and I both had cod, which was in a savoury green and red chili sauce, with various spices. I have to be honest, I've never tasted fish like this before. It literally melted in your mouth. I know I've heard people say that a million times about food, but it really did. It didn't even TASTE like fish, that's how well prepared this was, it took on other flavours perfectly. Tyler says: "Oh...it was good. I dunno [what to say about it] it was just good." If you like fish, you'd love this. I did. 5/5.

The side course?

Along with this, we also got a mini-plate of macaroni something or other with our food. It had plenty of flavour, but was a bit puzzling. Amongst the typical french food, suddenly I was eating comfort food, which didn't really pair very well with the fish itself. I had no idea how to eat it, since it was a separate little dish from the actual fish, and all I had was a fork and a fish knife. (This can be distressing when they always replace your forks and stuff.) The bread however, was a VERY nice light sourdough, and it looked like they cooked it at the restaurant, or locally, either way, EXCELLENT bread. No butter, though, although really, it didn't need any. =) The macaroni bit was definitely out of place. Tyler says, "The macaroni was good, but I don't know what it's purpose was *laughs*" Well put, Tyler, well put. Some day maybe you'll be a real friend of good food like Brennan is. Some day. 2/5.

Dessert and otherwise

This was Tyler's dessert. You can't really see how shiny it looked in the light, but it was very pretty. Tyler seemed to like it, he says it was "Very rich, but not overly sweet. Strong chocolate flavour, smooth texture." He seemed to like it quite a bit. 4/5

This was my dessert, THANKFULLY BETTER THAN A 4/5, sucker. I had something called 'cow's milk cheese' which I didn't really understand, but I wanted cheese of some kind for dessert so I took the cow, not the goat one. (Bit of a thing against goats and their cheese, really.) Anyways, I was surprised, since what I got was much better, and much stranger than I had planned. The main part was actually something like whipped cream, but with a cheese-y, fluffy flavour.

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It was beautiful. It was the second time in the meal I wanted to cry with happiness.

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I know. I'm stupid. But really. It was beautiful. The strawberries were clearly picked for ripeness, they were like candy, that's how sweet they were. Behind it, was a lemon sherbet infused with basil. I can't tell you how strange it is to eat spicy ice cream. I can't decide if I like it or didn't like it. But really, it was amazing. I would eat it again in an instant. 5/5

Service

The service here was sooooooooo Continental. You didn't pour your own water. They left the bottle on the table and refilled it when you drained your glass. They took everything away, and you didn't touch anything with your fingers. When I accidentally spilled a little macaroni on the table, the waitress cleaned it up in a very professional manner with a scraper thingy. It was a real meal experience, they were really friendly (and they took Mastercard! Yay!) so I was very, very happy. Tyler didn't mind it, even if it wasn't his scene, but he was a good person to bring along for the ride with this kind of thing. =D So, at 4/5, only because it wasn't instant, but really, it's as good as it gets, anywhere.

I really recommened you try this place if you ever go to Paris, make sure to reserve, they are great for serving English customers. =)

Anyways, more about Paris and otherwise later. =D Tyler would like to talk to all his friends on Facebook. (Honestly, TYLER, facebook is LAME. GET A REAL LIFE.)

Sorry, I'm really anti-Facebook.

Anyways, later friends!