Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Only one table was vacant </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parisians have a tendency to linger over a meal, </div><div style="text-align: center;">engaging in conversation.  On a mild, sunny autumn day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no reason to hurry the afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">When in <strike>Rome</strike> Paris.....</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bistrot Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

Bistrot Paul Bert Only one table was vacant  but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.   Parisians have a tendency to linger ove...

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Une tarte aux figues

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10433852596/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_95DSC_8186 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_95DSC_8186" height="552" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/10433852596_64a2be93d1_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fig Tart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This pâtisserie was filled with tarts </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the most unusual and colorful was this one of figs.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Combined with the violet blooms and a perfectly formed pastry, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this confection looks like a work of art.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Pâtisserie - Cyril Lignac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">24, rue Paul Bert</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une tarte aux figues

Fig Tart This pâtisserie was filled with tarts  and the most unusual and colorful was this one of figs.   Combined with the violet blooms an...

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la cocotte - objets gourmands

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhrcWKjGqDfiL8tTdlD312poMq_KywFRZCHlAY7d1fKdJf-zDAMQ0u0_gFyD9zwB6bgT1Q6pO_BpLWu7z4aU8hStMfznwLedOycec3lcfFo3ML8k5IKvBFq__QnhqoU3h0vEPw-lEd1s/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_38DSC_8129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhrcWKjGqDfiL8tTdlD312poMq_KywFRZCHlAY7d1fKdJf-zDAMQ0u0_gFyD9zwB6bgT1Q6pO_BpLWu7z4aU8hStMfznwLedOycec3lcfFo3ML8k5IKvBFq__QnhqoU3h0vEPw-lEd1s/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_38DSC_8129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*la cocotte*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How appropriate that a street of restaurants and bistrots </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">would also display a boutique of "objets gourmands."  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In looking for the translation of "la cocotte" I found:</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">darling, honey, love</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Based on the website for <a href="http://www.lacocotte.net/" target="_blank">*la cocotte*</a> the word "hen" seems appropriate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la cocotte</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

la cocotte - objets gourmands

*la cocotte* How appropriate that a street of restaurants and bistrots would also display a boutique of "objets gourmands."  In lo...

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Rue Paul Bert - un bâtiment en rouge et blanc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYkHIkQ4GcarmjltcZlRt-dJw40ZfsTHY9Tx7MMzmHLA7WefouhWrnSrLsHwdUmQrGEDzTk2F3YI4-mc4FvCtjqKR1YOu7YwDo-2NBdEPLQgRPptoFcjoYSG493tkyQExNlcwAeiXCnw/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_39DSC_8130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYkHIkQ4GcarmjltcZlRt-dJw40ZfsTHY9Tx7MMzmHLA7WefouhWrnSrLsHwdUmQrGEDzTk2F3YI4-mc4FvCtjqKR1YOu7YwDo-2NBdEPLQgRPptoFcjoYSG493tkyQExNlcwAeiXCnw/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_39DSC_8130.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rouge et Blanc</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This Haussmann era building at the corner of Rue Paul Bert and Rue Cesselin </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has four floors above the street level with wrought iron grills </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and pleasing patterns of red (painted) brick and white stone.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the warm months of the year </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">almost every window is adorned with plants and flowers.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would add herbs to that list.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Faidherbe Chaligny</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue Paul Bert - un bâtiment en rouge et blanc

Rouge et Blanc This Haussmann era building at the corner of Rue Paul Bert and Rue Cesselin  has four floors above the street level with wrou...

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L'Ecailler du Bistrot - poissons et fruits de mer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSjB4fU0Qy-H45YIhdYTmvxR8EJ0onUabkmfHaeOXgyj-ucS5AnR7H5kMRLSRx-RcsR3_k91Jt0q77GCL8eqUc-6AqEvj0A2PKn59EslNON_D5gpqkeXpidJPxLxiUUN8PwNwTBvls1A/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_79DSC_8170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSjB4fU0Qy-H45YIhdYTmvxR8EJ0onUabkmfHaeOXgyj-ucS5AnR7H5kMRLSRx-RcsR3_k91Jt0q77GCL8eqUc-6AqEvj0A2PKn59EslNON_D5gpqkeXpidJPxLxiUUN8PwNwTBvls1A/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_79DSC_8170.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">L'Ecailler du Bistrot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Situated next door to Bistrot Paul Bert, this restaurant of huîtres (oysters), gambas (prawns), crevette (shrimp), homard (lobster), and many types of fish won my heart.  It is decorated with large wooden boats, maps and painted murals of shellfish.  The blackboard menus feature the daily catch and have a large selection of named oysters. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I learned from my experiences at Le Baron Rouge that you order oysters by the number which indicates the size of the oyster and by the beach, such as Omaha Beach.  There are too many choices so you order some of all of them and savor the individuality of each.  Just as the French cherish their baguettes, the oysters are serious business and not to be rushed.  They have a nice selection of wines, and a glass of Sancerre is a perfect accompaniment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Living most of the year on the Gulf Coast of the US and traveling to other coastal oyster regions (Seattle, Vancouver), my tastes are discerning.  The oysters that I enjoyed at L'Ecailler du Bistrot were perhaps the best ever tasted.  One could close the eyes and be transported to Brittany.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">miam-miam   </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">L'Ecailler du Bistrot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">22, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'Ecailler du Bistrot - poissons et fruits de mer

L'Ecailler du Bistrot Situated next door to Bistrot Paul Bert, this restaurant of huîtres (oysters), gambas (prawns), crevette (shrimp),...

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Rue Paul Bert - la porte verte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8245418819_2bec3bbd68_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8245418819_2bec3bbd68_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Paul Bert</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just a few steps from Bistrot Paul Bert </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is this striking green doorway of great height.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is complemented by the architectural details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the bright red flowers in the window box, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a reflection of the building just opposite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a beautiful spot to meet a friend for déjeuner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">24, rue Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: left;">75011, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Faidherbe Chaligny</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Paul Bert - la porte verte

Rue Paul Bert Just a few steps from Bistrot Paul Bert  is this striking green doorway of great height.   It is complemented by the architect...

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