Went to St Denis to see the Basilica in the morning - dreary town but beautiful church where most of the Kings and queens of France are buried. Back into Paris by the Grand and Petit palaces, Place de Concorde, pont Alexander,
Place Vendome and the Obelisk. Stopped for a bite - Crepe and crostini. Saw St Roch, colette metro statio with its glass baubles and stopped at Le Grand Filles & Fils in Gallerie Vivienne for a glass of wine. I had a Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru, "clos de la Mouchere" 2009, domaine Henri Montet and a Saint Emilion 2009, Chateau Moulin Saint Georges. Both were very nice! Dinner at La Bourse et la Vie, a new restaurant by Daniel Rose. I started with pistou, which was very good - fresh vegetables al dente and a delicious broth. For my main course I ordered the veal pot au feu, which was served on two plates; first, the head covered with goat cheese and herbs and then the veal with potatoes, carrots and a beef marrow bone in a broth. Leas had charcroute which was sauerkraut and duck confit. We were not impressed. Walked to the metro through the Palais Royale.
Tuesday we rearranged our schedule as we got an email from the Dept of State warning us to avoid the huge demonstration starting at Bastlle so we meandered through the Marais; rue du Temple, garden du Rosier, a crepe at La Drougerie, rue St Honore and back home to rest & get ready for my birthday dinner at Restaurant Alan Geaam. Very pretty and comfortable restaurant done in grey (which seems to be the in color for restaurants) with white stone plares and bowls, all with curves and smooth lines. They gave us sesame seed and herb wafers to start folloed by an empanada filled with feta cheese. Amuse bouche of a hummus meringue with caviar, a potato crisp with creme fraiche, lemon & caviar and fallafel with lemon smoked salmon. All were very tasty little bites. We did the 5 course menu with wine pairing and our first course was crab with cauliflower three ways, pickled, steamed and as a mousse served with a chardonnay from Burgundy. Next was seared foie gras with a poached peach and chopped celery and berries served with Jurassique 2014 le pas Saint Martin Samur. The main course was veal mignons with smoked eggplant mousse and a roulade of eggplant and an unknown vegetable. The wine was a 2013 Mas Champart fom Saint-Chinian. There were two desserts the first was several types of grapes with chantilly and the other was fresh and poached figs with chocolate and chocolate ice cream. They were served with Yves-Guegniard Le Clos de la Bergerie. They also brought me a spun sugar cake with candles, marshmallows, fruit squares and cookies with chantilly for my birthday. It was an exceptional birthday dinner - interesting and delicious.
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