dear french food, i love you.

French food was one of the best parts about Paris. Early in the trip we decided our souvenir would be our gained weight. And we went for it, so this is going to be a long post. But it will be almost entirely pictures with an occasional explanation.

mornings.

my standard breakfast was pain au chocolat and an espresso.



but then there were others...







and so you have an idea of what we were choosing from,



lunchish.









kind of scary.

steak tartare (raw ground beef),



escargot (snails),



dinnerish.

lamb with eggplant,



duck with potatoes on top - delicious,



some kind of steak,



crepes.

our first crepes were from this stand. the crepiteer put four times as much grand marnier as normal, without flambeing it. so it wasn't great,



this was the bretonne creperie, amazing. the one pictured had ham, cheese and egg,



dessert.



each of the pastry pieces has ice cream in it,



meringue with caramel,



amazing chocolate mousse,



dessert window shopping,