Category Archives: Paris

Restaurant Review: Dessance, Paris

Posted on 26 October 2014 by andyq

Dessance was a truly interesting and memorable meal: while saying they focus on the sweet part of the flavour spectrum, all the dishes emphasized flavour, and we loved the savoury dishes as well.  Ah, welcome to Paris to us. For … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sarah Turnbull’s Almost French: A New Life In Paris (Memoir)

Posted on 19 October 2014 by andyq

Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull My rating: 3 of 5 stars Written in a breezy journalist’s style and with the brief to write about culture shock in Paris, this book was interesting and … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: Cafe Trama

Posted on 8 October 2014 by andyq

It’s raining in Paris, heavily in comparison to earlier on today when it was sprinkling with rain, kind of moist all over. But it’s not torrential like in some cities, and oh, this city glows, the streetlights and shoplights and … Continue reading →

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A little Monday night meal at Le Café du Commerce, Paris

Posted on 7 October 2014 by andyq

The thing is, in Paris, on a Monday night, most restaurants are closed. My friends were staying near Commerce and I did a pretty comprehensive search, I thought, on TripAdvisor, and I was having troubles coming up with options. Out … Continue reading →

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Reading Hemingway in Paris

Posted on 4 October 2014 by andyq

Today, I have been reading Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. He writes about his younger self in Paris, as a writer, living, without much money, on the Left Bank in Paris. I am a writer, just moved here to work … Continue reading →

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Paris Food Adventures, Day 3: Le Chateaubriand

Posted on 7 April 2011 by andyq

3 days, 6 memorable meals later (not to mention some good pastries and coffee for breakfast). I finished with a bang on Thursday night, 17 March 2011. The original inspiration for my culinary adventure was an article in the New … Continue reading →

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Paris Food Adventures, Day 2: Le Bistrot Des Comperes

Posted on 4 April 2011 by andyq

Ah, Day 2 of my Paris Food Adventures, and dear reader, I was failing. After three amazing, rich meals in a row, I didn’t have the strength to search for another bistro mentioned in the New York Times and try … Continue reading →

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Paris Food Adventures, Day 3: La Maison de Truffe

Posted on 21 March 2011 by andyq

There are two branches of this restaurant in Paris that specializes in truffles, as recommended heartily by Eva and Fiona. I have good memories of a dish that S. and I had in the South of France last year, a … Continue reading →

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Paris to the Moon: A Book Review of Sorts

Posted on 20 March 2011 by andyq

Three of my great pleasures in life: Travel. Eating. Reading. These coalesced in the most fantastic of ways in Paris, on this last trip in March 2011. I’d finished the wonderful Australian classic novel, “Cloudstreet” by Tim Winton and was … Continue reading →

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Paris Food Adventures, Day 2: Le Comptoir Du Relais

Posted on 17 March 2011 by andyq

It seems everyone in Paris has advice for a favourite place to eat, or a pastry shop, or whether the Macarons are better at Pierre Hermes or Ladureé. Taking advice from someone who was only in Paris a day, and … Continue reading →

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