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Jack Dragna, the restaurant which is a bit touristy in New Orleans is the 'Court of Two Sisters', not Seven Sisters. *smile* What are you drinking? Other than that I agree with you that the food culture of New Orleans is very different from the rest of America. It is basically a melding of french, Sicilian, Spanish and African-American. A member of my home forum who originally came from D.U. Posted this link to a blog re: New Orleans restaurants. Whoever 'Passionate Eater' is, she certainly knows the good places in my former home town: http://passionateeater.blogspot.com/search/label/New%20... I know many Americans seem lazy about preparing meals and demanding high quality ingredients. But I come from a family in which we all prepared and enjoyed fresh foods of excellent quality. When women hit the workplace in big numbers home cooking in America declined. People shouldn't come to think that all or even most great dining entails meals eaten at restaurants. That wasn't true in European countries. I worry when people start assuming the best cuisine is what people buy from restaurants. Yes, restaurants are often the best places to go to for cuisine involving complicated preparations and rare ingredients. But real cooking is home based. Because South Louisiana has great home cooks the restaurants always had to try harder. *smile* |
| -The Restaurants of Paris (France) -- about service and stuff. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 08:44 PM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Apr-09-09 08:48 PM |
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Great Stuff. Makes Me Miss Europe Deeply. |
Mr. Ected |
Apr-09-09 08:49 PM |
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Thanks for posting this, TahitiNut! |
Suich |
Apr-09-09 08:50 PM |
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I agree about the small neighborhood restaurants in Paris |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-09-09 08:51 PM |
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Absolutely. I remember that many years ago, we drove into a suburb of Paris |
JDPriestly |
Apr-11-09 01:48 AM |
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Our food culture in the US is really weird (or family's is)... I do most of the shopping |
NRaleighLiberal |
Apr-09-09 08:52 PM |
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We make it hard to shop small in the US |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 10:52 AM |
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check this out |
northzax |
Apr-10-09 11:23 AM |
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Wow, thanks |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 11:49 AM |
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Signing up now! |
elleng |
Apr-11-09 04:56 AM |
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check out this link |
wolfgangmo |
Apr-10-09 11:53 AM |
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You may be lucky enough to have a CSA type farm locally. |
northofdenali |
Apr-10-09 02:33 PM |
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I agree heartily and would shop there if in Durham, NC. |
Tunkamerica |
Apr-10-09 04:40 PM |
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I sometimes mix frozen/prepared with non-frozen stuff |
Hippo_Tron |
Apr-11-09 03:20 AM |
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Thanks for one of the best posts it has ever been my pleasure to read |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Apr-09-09 08:52 PM |
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The very observations the OP makes speak volumes about her own rare qualities, |
Joe Chi Minh |
Apr-10-09 10:19 AM |
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D'accord..... |
marmar |
Apr-09-09 08:57 PM |
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Dinner was two hours, at least. Conversation, enjoying the food and wine. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 09:12 PM |
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LOL - The joy of walking off a good French dinner |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-09-09 09:20 PM |
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speaking of Spain.... or specifically, Barcelona.... |
inna |
Apr-10-09 08:29 PM |
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What surprises me |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-09-09 08:59 PM |
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Bertucci's is a surprising gem of a chain operation |
Stinky The Clown |
Apr-09-09 09:25 PM |
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LOL - enjoy their waitstaff, but not their pizza! |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-10-09 08:11 AM |
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I like this thread - |
givemebackmycountry |
Apr-09-09 09:03 PM |
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And check out the right-wing asshole ordering 'Freedom Fries' |
santamargarita |
Apr-09-09 09:06 PM |
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If you want a comparable experience, go to New Orleans. |
JackDragna |
Apr-09-09 09:12 PM |
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I've agree. |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-09-09 09:16 PM |
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I've eaten out in virtually every large city in the US, including NO. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 09:22 PM |
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There's plenty of good, reasonably priced places in NO. |
JackDragna |
Apr-09-09 09:31 PM |
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Hey, post those recs! |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-09-09 09:36 PM |
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Let's see.. |
JackDragna |
Apr-09-09 09:47 PM |
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You must mean The Maisonette in Cincy |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-09-09 09:31 PM |
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That's it! (I don't know why I was blocked on the name.) |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 09:34 PM |
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Best Duck I ever had, that's why I remembered it. |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-09-09 09:44 PM |
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in agreement with everything you said |
medeak |
Apr-10-09 12:31 AM |
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Probably John Grisham, if you could get hold of him. He's a great fan of Italian nosh. |
Joe Chi Minh |
Apr-10-09 10:25 AM |
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I too have eaten in almost every state and large city in the US. |
wolfgangmo |
Apr-10-09 11:56 AM |
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well, what do we Americans value enough to care and take time for? |
CreekDog |
Apr-10-09 02:22 PM |
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Thanks for the tip. I will seriously suggest it to my grown son & daughter the next |
patrice |
Apr-09-09 10:17 PM |
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Agree |
Sgent |
Apr-10-09 12:40 AM |
#57 |
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My first trip to NO, I was warned about eating from hole in the wall restaurants |
nichomachus |
Apr-10-09 02:03 PM |
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The Brennan's in Houston was destroyed. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-10-09 03:04 PM |
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Being from New Orleans, I agree |
Hippo_Tron |
Apr-11-09 03:26 AM |
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Good Post. Thanks ! |
BlueJazz |
Apr-09-09 09:14 PM |
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The food in Paris is my favorite. Thanks for the fun post! |
Olney Blue |
Apr-09-09 09:16 PM |
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Tres Bien! |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-09-09 09:17 PM |
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I should also mention the chairs. They were comfortable. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 09:29 PM |
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When I was in school, after I got out of the Navy, long about 1969 ...... |
Stinky The Clown |
Apr-09-09 09:22 PM |
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You're right about fresh! I learned how even a cheap toasted sandwich and |
patrice |
Apr-09-09 09:30 PM |
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A Monte Cristo? (Yum!) |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 09:38 PM |
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My daughter and I rode bicycles in the Loire River Valley too.Beautiful clean, nearly empty, asphalt |
patrice |
Apr-09-09 09:59 PM |
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I love that region. Good wines and wonderful Son et Lumieres at the chateaus. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 10:18 PM |
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The Wine |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 02:05 PM |
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Some of the better wines don't "travel well" I guess. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 02:34 PM |
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They probably don't |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 02:37 PM |
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Everything was good there - even museum cafeteria food was good - jambon et fromage |
Trocadero |
Apr-09-09 09:47 PM |
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croque monsieur |
Trocadero |
Apr-09-09 09:48 PM |
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When I think of some of the things I've eaten in airports here, sometimes I get a little sick |
patrice |
Apr-09-09 10:10 PM |
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For me it was a tomatoe/mozzarello sandwich in the Milan airport.... |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-09-09 09:51 PM |
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Yeah... When I was in Paris I was too poor to eat at restaurants... |
TygrBright |
Apr-10-09 06:09 PM |
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Beautiful story, TN, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Apr-09-09 09:34 PM |
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My grandparents were Norwegian. Lutefisk. Uffda. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 10:23 PM |
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Beautiful sentiments about a beautiful city. Thank you. n/t |
myrna minx |
Apr-09-09 09:42 PM |
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Mange ou bois? |
Trocadero |
Apr-09-09 09:46 PM |
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My favorite Paris restaurant memory - |
closeupready |
Apr-09-09 09:54 PM |
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Paris is definitely a city for people with functioning taste buds. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 10:02 PM |
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I like all the cheap little doner kebab places, too. |
closeupready |
Apr-09-09 10:20 PM |
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The street food in Paris is far better than what a lot of 'fine restaurants" |
Lorien |
Apr-10-09 10:57 AM |
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Dining out in Paris |
Citizen Worker |
Apr-09-09 09:59 PM |
#38 |
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Dining out |
Mimosa |
Apr-09-09 10:36 PM |
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Got any Favorites? |
AndyTiedye |
Apr-09-09 10:45 PM |
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For "Down Home" French Provincial cooking in a busy but friendly atmosphere.... |
marmar |
Apr-09-09 10:50 PM |
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Restaurant Nicolas ... near the Gare du Nord |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 11:07 PM |
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Oh TAILLEVENT! |
medeak |
Apr-09-09 11:09 PM |
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Pricey, pricey, pricey ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-09-09 11:32 PM |
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best $ ever spent |
medeak |
Apr-10-09 12:00 AM |
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I can live on the cheeses, bread and wine. |
RagAss |
Apr-09-09 11:27 PM |
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I've done that. |
Lilith Velkor |
Apr-10-09 12:15 AM |
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A story about NATO troops from about 15 years ago |
eridani |
Apr-09-09 11:34 PM |
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never been to france |
keroro gunsou |
Apr-10-09 12:19 AM |
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The Club Med in Tahiti (on the island of Moorea) was an interesting collision of cuisine cultures. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 01:30 AM |
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right now |
keroro gunsou |
Apr-10-09 09:59 AM |
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Thanks, TahititNut, for such a pleasant and informative |
truedelphi |
Apr-10-09 01:03 AM |
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You didn't mention a few other things. They don't take kindly to "special requests" |
krabigirl |
Apr-10-09 01:57 AM |
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Question. My French inlaws told me to never tip |
uppityperson |
Apr-10-09 03:16 AM |
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A 15 % service charge is included in the price. You can tip if the service was good, but never |
Mass |
Apr-10-09 06:51 PM |
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Merci beaucoup (sp) |
uppityperson |
Apr-10-09 10:04 PM |
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Bistro owner showed me how to make pommes frites. |
trof |
Apr-10-09 09:23 AM |
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I have similar memories, even though it has been many years |
MineralMan |
Apr-10-09 09:23 AM |
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That's weird |
MellowDem |
Apr-10-09 09:24 AM |
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"Service compris" |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 09:46 AM |
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ahh... that makes sense now |
MellowDem |
Apr-10-09 10:28 AM |
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all meals are " service compris", whether they say so or not. It is the law. |
Mass |
Apr-10-09 06:56 PM |
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Y'know, I gotta wonder about the obsession with this. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 07:10 PM |
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Because people who know France well are surprised when you speak about this type of tipping. |
Mass |
Apr-10-09 07:23 PM |
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It's a place where you'll find old waiters. |
mainer |
Apr-10-09 10:04 AM |
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Very good. |
H2O Man |
Apr-10-09 10:04 AM |
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People who have interesting politics also seem to have had wide personal experience of the world |
leveymg |
Apr-10-09 10:16 AM |
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I love the places that sell the rotisserie chickens outside on the sidewalks. |
AllieB |
Apr-10-09 10:34 AM |
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You bring back great memories. All of France is wonderful but |
yy4me |
Apr-10-09 10:41 AM |
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Vacationed in France with 2 British couples.... |
PassingFair |
Apr-10-09 10:47 AM |
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I Think Its A Better System |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 10:48 AM |
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(deleted - DU software glitch duplicate) |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 12:00 PM |
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I find that I have a strong preference for US restaurants with mature adult servers. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 12:00 PM |
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May not be fair but it's correct |
NeedleCast |
Apr-10-09 01:09 PM |
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people are ignoring another key difference |
paulsby |
Apr-10-09 05:10 PM |
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Another key difference, they have national health care |
Hippo_Tron |
Apr-11-09 03:31 AM |
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not necessarily true |
paulsby |
Apr-11-09 05:18 PM |
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I'm down there two or three times a month for work |
DFW |
Apr-10-09 10:54 AM |
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Thanks for the post |
lark |
Apr-10-09 11:01 AM |
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We also loved our dining experiences in Paris |
skepticscott |
Apr-10-09 11:13 AM |
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Agreed. A lot of Americans think the French are "rude" when they are in fact |
mistertrickster |
Apr-10-09 12:40 PM |
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Many Americans expect servers to kowtow. The French won't kowtow to rude |
rhett o rick |
Apr-10-09 01:55 PM |
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Another thing. Americans some times think it is rude that the French don't understand English. |
rhett o rick |
Apr-10-09 01:56 PM |
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Service compris |
frazzled |
Apr-10-09 12:40 PM |
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(I've also learned it's a good thing to read a thread before posting.) |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 01:33 PM |
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No, I didn't read the entire thread |
frazzled |
Apr-10-09 02:54 PM |
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I'm in Paris right now... |
remedy1 |
Apr-10-09 12:57 PM |
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I would kill to trade places with you. I adore everything about Paris! n/t |
poverlay |
Apr-10-09 01:35 PM |
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I'm so jealous! |
AllieB |
Apr-10-09 01:42 PM |
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Please ... when you next step outside, say "Hi, Paris! TahitiNut loves ya!" |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 01:49 PM |
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What? |
AlbertCat |
Apr-10-09 01:23 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Apr-10-09 01:28 PM |
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And we in the U.S. say we have a service-based economy. k+r! |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-10-09 01:37 PM |
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I agree. I learned that when you dine in Paris it is supposed to be an experience. The servers are |
rhett o rick |
Apr-10-09 01:46 PM |
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I agree and disagree having just spent two weeks in Paris. |
jeffrey_X |
Apr-10-09 02:05 PM |
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I agree! J'adore Paris!! My fondest wish has always been to live in Paris for about 3 years. |
DrZeeLit |
Apr-10-09 02:12 PM |
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c'est bon! |
ulysses |
Apr-10-09 02:17 PM |
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Thanks for bringing back some old memories! |
AlexDeLarge |
Apr-10-09 02:28 PM |
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K&R TahitiNut - |
northofdenali |
Apr-10-09 02:34 PM |
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Thanks, Tahiti Nut, for the insight. |
Joe Fields |
Apr-10-09 02:34 PM |
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i am thinking of thanksgiving at our friend's house |
noiretextatique |
Apr-10-09 03:00 PM |
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You bet. I tell folks about that Thanksgiving and how much I enjoyed the company ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 05:55 PM |
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My gastronomic European contributions...1958-1999 |
Lena inRI |
Apr-10-09 03:46 PM |
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The liquor even includes a version of Alka Seltzer ... it's called Fernet Branca |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 05:46 PM |
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thanks for the post. love things french but have never been there. someday |
davidwparker |
Apr-10-09 04:04 PM |
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this makes me want to return |
unpossibles |
Apr-10-09 04:06 PM |
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so they never ask "are ya still workin' on that?" |
maxsolomon |
Apr-10-09 04:14 PM |
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food and music are respected in Europe... |
MrsBrady |
Apr-10-09 04:24 PM |
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Traditional Service is a Rare Treat |
On the Road |
Apr-10-09 04:26 PM |
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"Our Ancestors Were Gauls" (but in French) is the medieval restaurant on Isle deSt. Louis I went to. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 05:32 PM |
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I really dislike andouillette too, but a lot of people like it. |
Mass |
Apr-10-09 07:02 PM |
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I remember the first time I had steak tartare ... it was in Detroit. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 07:24 PM |
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(We miss a lot by not trying things.) |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-11-09 01:29 AM |
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Best Steak Tartare I Ever Had |
On the Road |
Apr-11-09 05:14 PM |
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Haha -- That's Great! |
On the Road |
Apr-11-09 04:54 PM |
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That's the place! I think it's a "must do" for anyone. As I recall, there were two ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-11-09 05:24 PM |
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I tipped 20-25% when I was in France (not just Paris) - in large part |
kestrel91316 |
Apr-10-09 04:53 PM |
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Yes. I didn't spend nearly as much time in Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland but .... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 06:02 PM |
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Their coffee and croissants are magnificent. |
GentryDixon |
Apr-10-09 06:15 PM |
#132 |
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Petit dejeuner ... nice way to start the day. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 07:31 PM |
#141 |
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My favorite part of eating on my trip through Europe was the mornng |
GentryDixon |
Apr-10-09 07:41 PM |
#143 |
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After this thread, I will need to go cooking some nice French meal. |
Mass |
Apr-10-09 06:47 PM |
#133 |
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Make a side of pommes souffle and I'll be right over. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 07:35 PM |
#142 |
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The Incredible French |
Dirigo |
Apr-10-09 08:17 PM |
#145 |
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Thank you! |
lilyreally |
Apr-10-09 07:12 PM |
#138 |
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I'd suggest the Bateau Mouche dinner cruise on the Seine. We sat outside on the rail ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 08:33 PM |
#148 |
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Great idea... |
lilyreally |
Apr-10-09 09:25 PM |
#150 |
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The Bistros & Cafe's of Paris France |
Dirigo |
Apr-10-09 08:02 PM |
#144 |
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Clearly, the excellence of Parisian restaurants hasn't reached Tahiti ... BUT ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-10-09 08:29 PM |
#147 |
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But finding a vegan meal in Paris is HELL! Not so in the UK, though. |
kaygore |
Apr-10-09 08:59 PM |
#149 |
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I really don't doubt that. |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-11-09 01:17 AM |
#152 |
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It is very easy being vegan anywhere else in Europe |
kaygore |
Apr-11-09 10:06 PM |
#167 |
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I do feel sorry for you.... |
XOKCowboy |
Apr-11-09 11:32 PM |
#168 |
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How lovely to read this. A prof I worked for told me how he actually wept over an omelette... |
Hekate |
Apr-11-09 02:43 AM |
#155 |
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Most of our meals on a European trip (58) were tasty and well received cept for London |
opihimoimoi |
Apr-11-09 05:02 AM |
#160 |
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Fascinating insight into another culture. Thank you! |
geckosfeet |
Apr-11-09 10:21 AM |
#161 |
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Great Piece TN, kickin you to Page One |
omega minimo |
Apr-11-09 01:47 PM |
#162 |
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