l'année de beurre: anthony est parisian

I just created an amazing blog post that took me 2 hours and google deleted it. I'm on the verge of tears so this probably won't be that enthusastic and not nearly as amazing as it would have been if the real one would have been posted. Blame google blogger.

This week was pretty eventful; Anthony came to visit, class soirée, and beef week at school.

School Pictures

Slice of bone marrow.. way better than butter on steak.

Hard and soft boiled eggs.

Fried Shrimp and Tartare Sauce

DEEP FRIED EGGS... yum!


Cheese Soufflé

How to order Arabic food in French

Ali, Elana, Dani and I went to an amazing authentic Arabic restaurant where we had no idea what/how to order. Dani told them in Arabic to just bring us whatever they wanted. They proceeded to have us go pick out meat from a coolor that had been put on sticks like kababs and then brought us amazing side dishes like couscous, meat soups, bread, hot peppers, and other things that I'm still not sure what they were. The locals were even helping us figure out how to eat it all. This is my favorite way to eat.

LCB Soirée

We had our class party on Wednesday night, the same night Anthony arrived. I took him as my date. We had a great time. It was at Alcazar, a club in Paris and LCB rented out the downstairs for us. They provided all you can drink beer and wine from 9pm til 2am. This only lasted about half the time because apparently Chef's in training are binge drinkers and we ran out. It was overall a really great time and it was fun to see the whole school out of uniform and in a different scene.

Anthony came to Paris... and ate McDonald's

Anthony was here all week! It was so much fun. Like I said, he came with me to the class party and ended up drinking more than he could handle. He locked himself in the bathroom at his hotel and was hungover the next day til 3pm. I feel semi-responsible for this but it's so funny to think about now. He's going to kill me for putting that information on the internet! That night at the party I lost my cell phone.. Surprise, surprise. So, the next day Anthony and I couldn't get a hold of each other. I left a note at this hotel and eventually we reconnected. That night after his throwing up and dehydration he needed some good food so I took him to L'As du Falafel and he loved it. Here's some reviews on it: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/France/Ile_de_France/Paris-99080/Restaurants-Paris-LAs_du_Falafel-R-2.html

Friday Anthony went to class with me in the morning and then we ate brunch at Coco & Co. which is a precious little place that specializes in eggs. After I took him to Les Halles and Delherin, the culinary supply store. He loved it. Then I had to venture back to class. It was such a beautiful day so Anthony went sight seeing and walked to Notre Dame. He said he had a lovely afternoon. That night we went to the Tour Eiffel and got nutella bananna crepes and sat by the Siene. It was a good evening.

The next day Anthony went to Sacre Coeur while I was in class and then I showed him the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Élyseés. We had a very Parisian lunch on the Champs and then walked to the Tuileries Garden and the Louvre. That night we met my friends for dinner and went to club Rex. I've never been to a club in Paris so it was a first for both of us. It was really expensive but we had a great time. It was filled with lots of beautiful Parisians and dancing. We stayed until 4am and then had the worst time ever getting a cab home.

Sunday we met Adam at the Bastille market and bought lots of fresh things to make for dinner at his place. It was fun trying to speak french and figure out how to tell them we wanted a half kilo of something. Afterwards we dropped the food off at Adam's and had a great brunch at a place near his apartment. Then we vegged out for a while and started cooking dinner around 8pm. We had a lot of fun in his small kitchen and made a great pasta. Adam's friends Sacha and Sara came over to eat with us and we spoke a lot of French/English all night. Sacha's my first real French friend and he promised me he'd only speak to me in French to help me learn. I love this!

Midnight rolled around and we had to leave to make it to the metro before it closed. Anthony and I had to say our goodbyes here because he had an early flight and I had 8am class. I am so glad he got to come to Paris and I could share a little piece of my experience with him. We made great memories and I can't wait for more visitors!