Paris Day 2

I decided 1 pic per day due to the slow internet. This is Amy & me eating a crepe off the street.. YUM

Day 2:

-Porte Neuf bridge

-La Conciergerie

-Saint Chapelle

-St. Michel

-Notre Dame

Good eats:

-Berthillon ice cream: We heard so much about this place--supposedly it is the best ice cream in the world. We had to try it even though it's freezing outside. And they are not kidding. It's the best ice cream I've ever had. Amazing... We got two flavors - red peach and tiramisu. Two scoops in a waffle ice cream cone. Red peach on top. Tiramisu underneath. Red peach was extremely good but not to-die-for. I definitely loved it. It was an interesting flavor, kind of berry like. But once the tiramisu hit my tongue, I was in heaven. The flavor is not too sweet and not too strong... so subtle but somehow really powerful. It was white (usually isn't it brown?) and had sparse chips of chocolate mixed with some sort of nut or coffee (we were trying to figure it out). Even the chips were subtle but powerful. It wasn't like the in-your-face chips that you get in mint chocolate chip. They were lighter in flavor/texture somehow... easier to bite and would melt in your mouth after a crunch. I love ice cream but never have I been in awe of it. Usually when people say it's the best ice cream, it's too sweet for me and I'm disappointed. This was definitely just right. And the waffle cone - awesome. Not too crunchy where it gets all over right when you bite. It felt fresh. I looked around it see if the cones were home made, but I didn't see a waffle cone maker, but it definitely smelled/tasted fresh. Not too pricy either. 3.4 euros for double scoop+cone.

-Patrick Roger: While we were planning our trip for Paris, I found this NYTimes article about all the chocolatier places and did some extensive research.. and so Amy has tried her best to fit as many as possible on our itinerary. We tried Patrick Rogers today. The place was so cute (man, wish I could upload pictures in this hostel). The shop was all green and brown, reminded me of a big frango box. The display had a mountain of chocolate (literally a mountain molded from chocolate) and green chocolate shaped like trees. We tried 5 different chocolates. To be honest, I forgot some of the flavors that she told me, but they were good! First one up--black pepper chocolate. And that's exactly what it tastes like. The flavor is more tame than I expect. Definitely interesting. The next one up was passion fruit which felt like a billion flavors in that little piece. The next one was lemon chocolate, which was more subtle and taste exactly how it sounds. I liked how the chocolate wasn't too powerful or too bitter. I forgot the last two pieces, but my last one was my favorite. It was nutty more than anything else and very neutral compared with the lemon, passion fruit, and black pepper. Felt like it was more about the texture than the taste. For some reason, I thought chocolate in Paris would be richer and more intense than what I tasted. I'm not usually a fan of the "unique" flavors and enjoy my chocolate "normal" (i.e. Hershey dark chocolate). This was definitely interesting to try though. 5 pieces for 3.8 euros. We'll see about the other places.

-Crepe: Tried my first French crepe off a street cafe. Amazing. I had a formage + jumbon crepe. The crepe was so light and went really well with the cheese and ham.

-Dinner at some fancy shmancy French restaurant: uhhh so I'm not really into fancy french food but I tried a place today with Eunice+Jumee for dinner. We had a 3 course meal and got different dishes so we could try a little bit of everything. I will get back to you with the details since the whole menu was in french and do not know the names of the dishes. It was definitely good, but I think I'm still not a fan of fancy french food. I rather eat stuff off the street.