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June 18

TDinner in the Marais....at 8 rue du Roi de Sicile, 1 etage
Arose this morning and sent Steve to the Boulangerie to bring back a fresh baguette for breakfast. Then gathered our rolling shopping basket (yes everyone here really uses them, not just people over 70) and headed further into the Marais to the oldest covered market to shop for dinner. 
Now we had already learned that all of the wonderful marches close by 1 pm but apparently we had not yet been clued in that our neighborhood marche did not really get going by 9:30 which is when we arrived. Determined to shop, we found a few lovely shops to purchased some white asparagus, fennel, and accouterments for a light meal.

So in my miniscule kitchen this evening, we partook in a late and lovely meal.

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Aperitifs of Pastis
Omelette filled with sautéed leeks, sprinkled with fresh chives, accompanied by cornichons
Salade of fresh lettuces, shaved white asparagus and fennel dressed simply with EVOO, lemon juice, salt and pepper
Cote d' Provence bottle of red
Fresh figs with ripe Camembert cheese
Salted caramel eclair
We skipped the cafe (which is always an espresso here) since we did not have any decaf in the house.

Bon Appetite!!!!







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