Paris & Rome 2018

[Drunk Monk]

Street Food. The best meal I had in Paris was a ham and cheese crepe made at one of these little stands on the sidewalk. I think it was 2 bucks. (I know 'HAM'). Have you seen the Baguette vending machines?

Can't validate the ham but the street food is pretty satisfying and more affordable for sure.  Did I mention the rat attack though?  Yes, I did above.  Yesterday we were ordering pain au chocolate at this award winning stand and a rat literally runs out, jumps on Tara's shoe, and both T & S jump and scream (S had sandals).  Maybe it was a mouse.  Maybe a friend of Joe.  But those were damn good pastries. We went back for more today.

The Pommes Frites taste like regular french fries! What the hell has happened? Parisian French Fries were the bomb. Although to be fair, the proper ones are double fried in kidney fat (KIDNEY FAT!)

When Stacy was here 40 years ago, her host family didn't know what hamburgers were.  So she tried to make some for them.  Now there's hamburgers everywhere.  McDs, 5 Guys, even saw a place called Burgasm. I blame Stacy. 

And the fries are just fries. Maybe there's traditional pommes frites somewhere.  Not where we are. 

Note that Stacy who has a severe gluten allergy can eat small amounts of wheat grains in Europe.  She's two pastries (an eclair didn't go as well).  They say it's the old grains, not our GMO US stuff.  Nevertheless, there's much more gluten awareness here.

The cheese has been awesome though.