Lunchtime in Paris tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-326210 2008-09-30T21:34:12+02:00 Lunching in Paris and elsewhere... TypePad Wow, India - August 2008 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56343047 2008-09-30T21:34:12+02:00 2008-09-30T21:34:12+02:00 Everyone must go to India, especially for the food...mmm a Kerala breakfast... I ate in a lot of Indian restaurants in Paris preparing for my trip but nothing could prepare me for the culinary experience in India itself - and... EmilyK

Everyone must go to India, especially for the food...mmm a Kerala breakfast...

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I ate in a lot of Indian restaurants in Paris preparing for my trip but nothing could prepare me for the culinary experience in India itself - and now I am really unhappy in France and longing to go back....how do these people manage to provide such good food so cheap?

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Yes, a pav baji and of course a pani puri...what fun, this is what the students order from the street vendors...and if you are there too, they are so bien elevé offering assistance to hesitant middle aged tourists...this was really nice

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I ate in so many interesting places around Colaba in Bombay, and it was all so good

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only two euros and so so perfect, no silverware, polite and friendly staff, please do go to India, you will love it

 http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/2008/09/wow-india---aug.html My first ever tag - thanks Betty tag:typepad.com,2003:post-45909794 2008-02-20T22:52:35+01:00 2008-02-20T22:52:35+01:00 Wow, I've never been tagged before and so forgive me if I don't really do this correctly. Betty over at Cuisine Quotidienne tagged me for a French meme that she got here (nice music included...). So, Betty posted the questions... EmilyK <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Wow, I've never been tagged before and so forgive me if I don't really do this correctly. Betty over at <a href="http://cuisinequotidienne.blogspot.com/">Cuisine Quotidienne</a> tagged me for a French meme that she got <a href="http://aufildemesrevesdamour.over-blog.com/">here (nice music included...)</a>.<br /><br />So, Betty posted the questions in French and answered in English but I will post them with my English translation/interpretation/complete alteration with photo illustration and of course my answer in English and here goes -</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">1.&nbsp; Le dernier livre que j’ai savouré – the last book that I savored (that I really took a lot of pleasure in reading):<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>I will pick two here. One is my favorite cookbook by <a href="http://www.paula-wolfert.com/">Paula Wolfert</a>&nbsp; <a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/2006/04/chicken_with_le.html">Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco</a> (link to my rendition of the fabulous Chicken and Olives recipe) and one is a novel that I really loved – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/End-Story-Novel-Lydia-Davis/dp/0312423713">End of the Story by Lydia Davis</a> – I really enjoyed this book and plan to read it again and again....</span></p> <p><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/couscous.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="337" border="0" alt="Couscous" title="Couscous" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/couscous.jpg" /></a> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><p>Couscous, Tunisan Style</p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">2 ) Le film qui m’a le plus transportée – The movie that most moved me:</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">And here again I have several and will unfortunately have to limit myself and so I choose three – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_dolce_vita_%281960_film%29">Dolce Vita</a> by Fellini, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074102/">Ai No Corida</a> by Oshima and of course <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Andre">My Dinner with André</a> by Louis Malle (no comment other than that I watch and re-watch them all three of them with pleasure).</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><p><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/strawberry_tart.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=743,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="417" border="0" alt="Strawberry_tart" title="Strawberry_tart" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/strawberry_tart.jpg" /></a> <br />Unfortunately I didn't have any good pasta or sushi photos available but I really would eat this again with pleasure...</p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">3 ) Le plat que je mets au dessus de tout: the dish amongst all dishes or my favorite dish:<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Hmmm, I am so adventurous it is hard for me to choose just one dish to be faithful to...but since&nbsp; I have to choose, I suppose I can never go long without an oyster…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/oysters.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="337" border="0" alt="Oysters" title="Oysters" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/oysters.jpg" /></a><br />These Brittany oysters were particularly delicious.<br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> 4 ) Mon plus beau souvenir des 10 dernières années – My most wonderful memory of the last 10 years:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/noodle_soup.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="337" border="0" alt="Noodle_soup" title="Noodle_soup" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/noodle_soup.jpg" /></a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">the most delicious soup ever, in Sam Neua, Laos...wow, the best soup I ever had.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">5 )&nbsp; L’instant beauté que je préfère – my favorite moment for me or perhaps my favorite beauty treatment/moment:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/p8110128.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="337" border="0" alt="P8110128" title="P8110128" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/p8110128.jpg" /></a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This is a hard question to translate so I'll just go with the beauty theme and say that when I see beautiful things I get some inner peace, my stress levels go down, my frown and wrinkles fade, I get a sparkle in my eye and I just feel so wonderfully lovely...like here along the Mekong...<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">6 ) L’endroit où&nbsp; je me sens le plus moi-même – Where do I find my own real self, where do I feel most at home:<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/p9010072.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="337" border="0" alt="P9010072" title="P9010072" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/p9010072.jpg" /></a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Travelling, although I don't always eat well there...it's just that as soon as I take my seat in the plane, train, or bus I let out a sigh of relief and let myself go.....<br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">7 ) Mes petits moments de bonheur – My small indulgences</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://emilyk.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/p9280023.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=657,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="450" height="369" border="0" alt="P9280023" title="P9280023" src="http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/images/2008/02/20/p9280023.jpg" /></a> <br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">chocolate cake?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, this was really fun and I still do have some Paris Chinatown photos to post so hopefully I will get around to that soon.<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><p>And, and all you food lovers the <a href="http://www.salon-agriculture.com/fr/accueil/visitez/presentation-du-salon/le-salon-en-bref/">Salon de l'Agriculture</a> is upon us!!! Woohoo, my favorite eating event of the year in Paris!!! and yes, I will use 487 exclamation points to describe it because there is nothing I love more.</p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><p>It starts on the 23rd of February and runs through the 2nd of March. Here is a <a href="http://www.salon-agriculture.com/index.php?id=2053&amp;L=3">Link in English</a>. It is just simply the most fun event of the whole year in Paris and well worth the 12 euros admission price.</p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope to see you there, Happylunching!<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></span></p> </div> http://emilyk.typepad.com/whats_for_lunch/2008/02/my-first-ever-t.html Chinese New Year in Paris 2008 - part 2 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-45410066 2008-02-10T18:44:08+01:00 2008-02-10T18:44:08+01:00 Today was the big parade in the 13th arrondissement We had excellent weather A lot of people were out today to watch the parade Fireworks along the parade route Lest we forget the upcoming Olympic games Even more colorful than... EmilyK

Today was the big parade in the 13th arrondissement

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We had excellent weather

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A lot of people were out today to watch the parade

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Fireworks along the parade route

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Lest we forget the upcoming Olympic games

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Even more colorful than yesterday's parade

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Happy New Year!

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The tail end of the dragon

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There were huge crowds in all the restaurants so I stopped off in Belleville on my way home and got some take out stuff. These were delicious

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I bought other things as well for our lunch today but I'm saving the photos for another post tomorrow

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I took a whole bunch more photos that are not parade specific so I'm going to make another post on some of the interesting things in Chinatown and yes, it will be about food. Until then

Happy lunching!

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