Le Mary Celeste – Paris
Question: What was the name of the mysterious ‘ghost ship’ found in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under full sail heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar in 1872? Answer: The Mary Celeste. I...
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Bodega – Sydney
Our weekend in Sydney started with fish fingers and ended in a whopper. Much like our meal at Bodega…but oh, so different. At the end of a rather long sejour in my hometown,...
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Bistrot Paul Bert – Paris
When I first arrived in Paris, during a debaucherous weekend of eating and drinking (which was to set the tone for the next 12 months) I found myself sitting grumpily in an uncomfortable wooden chair,...
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Restaurant Pierre Sang – Paris
After an indulgent week spent sipping hot chocolate, flirting over fondue, oh and of course skiing the slopes, in Courchevel, the deliciously dashing Leonardo DiCarpaccio and I arrived back in Paris on a...
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Comme à Lisbonne – Paris
A year making pastries and reviewing restaurants was never going to be conducive to weight loss, but I feel that greater forces are against me in my quest to stay svelte. When I...
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Café au lait, s’il vous plaît – Paris
There are lots of things the French are very good at – baguettes, wine, cheese, not getting fat off baguettes wine & cheese, affairs, well behaved dogs and going on strike, to name...
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Restaurant Akrame – Paris
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a Parisian apartment must be in want of visitors. Indeed I was misguided to ever think that I would be...
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L’AOC – Paris
“Believe me Mum, this chicken is worth the wait” I insisted as Yummy Mummy and I hopped on the back of the enormous line for lunch at Yves Camdeborde’s brasserie Le Comptoir du...
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One Night in Paris – Paris
There are some words in French that I really like, for example the word ‘hebdomadaire’ (weekly) which rolls off the tongue with an authoritative ring, and then there is the almost onomatopoeic ‘piquant’ (spicy)...
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