Up late this morning and took the metro to Le Grand Colbert on the rue Vivienne. The place was full but we managed to score a table. We both started with the Soupe a l'oignon gratinee which was excellent although the large amounts of melted cheese made it difficult to get into your mouth.
After that I had a wonderful magret de canard while Mary had the pickled herring.
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| The duck was piquante and there was a great depth of flavor in the gravy. |
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| The cafe gourmand was a meal in itself and it was difficult to know where to start. The restaurant has an excellent pastry chef. |
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| The sun was shining brightly on St. Eustache |
After lunch we walked past St. Eustache to look at the completed Les Halles.
On the way we went through the non-descript GalerieVero Dodat. Mary started to salivate at the Christian Louboutin store which sold very, very high end women's shoes. It seems they all have red soles. I offered to paint the soles of my boots red but this suggestion did not go down very well. Load of old cods' wallop.
There is a large Monoprix where we managed to find a bottle of Oban single malt. Out of stock in the Villiers Monoprix, although they must have had about 20 other single malts, well priced by LCBO standards.
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| Les Halles |
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| The living wall near Sentier metro station was looking good in the afternoon sun. |
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