All I can say is that it was not love at first sight but that would change. Our first visit to the Boston Public Market was soon after it opened. It was a weekend. It was lunchtime. It was mobbed. I longed to be shopping with my dog in my local Dewey Square farmers market or making…
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Boston: Select Oyster Bar
We have a real love of all thing bivalve but none more than the oyster. Over the years we have eaten copious amounts of oysters and, as such, have found ourselves at all the usual suspects: Neptune Oyster, B&G, Island Creek and Row 34. They are all solid. In my book, Neptune (where chef Michael…
Paris: Pizza Chic
So you have literally the best meal you have ever had – BEST MEAL EVER! – and you return to Paris. How does one follow this meal? We had no plans for the evening. Fasting was an option (not sure if skipping dinner is actually a fast if you’ve eaten the way we did at lunch but…
Paris: Gare au Gorille
Dinner on day five was at Gare au Gorille. What a truly fun, wonderful experience. Cool vibe, great food, terrific service. Love love love!! We started the day exploring Jardin des Plantes – the beautiful botanical garden in the 5th for the first time. It was the King’s garden and was originally planted as a medicinal garden by…
Oysters: O Ya***
An oyster at O Ya is not going to be served my favorite way – with a tiny squeeze of lemon. Rather the oysters are more tricked out than I like. The better of the two is the Kumamoto oyster with watermelon pearls and cucumber mignonette. It is a very refreshing take on the oyster and a fun…