paris by mouth

on our way to paris, my mother-in-law suggested we take a tour called "paris by mouth" so that we could experience the array of delicious food available there. good thing we didn't pay for that tour...turns out we were completely capable of experiencing paris by mouth on our own. 

diet coke. i mean, coke light, as it was called in france. (and probably most of europe?)

banana nutella crepes. that's a must, right?

french onion soup. yum.

coq au vin, which is a stew made with game and wine.

 macarons from laduree.

drinks at bar hemingway inside the ritz carlton paris. really expensive drinks, might i add. they were E30 each, which is about $40 a drink! but it was certainly a beautiful hotel and bar - a wonderful experience.

i was amused by the water always served in a glass bottle. i'm easily amused, i know.

i failed and forgot to put something to show scale in this pic. these were humongous jugs of nutella for sale at galeries lafayette, i think about a gallon each!

pistachio and ecuadorian chocolate gelato. 

mango and raspberry sorbet.

my brithday dinner! steak and fries from le relais de l'Entrecote.

my birthday drinks at the la vue bar, on the 33rd floor of the hotel concorde la fayette. what a treat!!!

this was breakfast every single morning. i think the quiet breakfasts, chatting with my sister-in-law and mother-in-law, is the part of the trip i miss the most.

melting butter kept atop the grill at la petit josselin, a yummy creperie near the hotel we stayed at. my SIL and i observed that a one pound slab of butter only made about four crepes. it should be illegal.

savory crepes made with said butter.

dessert crepe made with more of said butter and served with ice cream and cafe au lait.

diet? psshh. what diet?

 and finally, martinis at hotel costes.

 that's all that i have of us taking on paris by mouth. but i'm sure my mil has many many more pics of our other foodie adventures. she's realllllly good about taking pics of food. hahahhaha