Friday, September 04, 2009

Dinner with friends


Little truce with my diet! I'm just back from a dinner at La tête de goinfre (pig head) in the 17th arrondissement where I, well, did not exactly eat lightly! But I don't regret it ; as you can see it's a typical French restaurant - with this so typical table cloth and old wine boxes for decor. I had Cochon de lait (roasted porc) and stuffed myself with the irresistible bread (the one you can see in the baskets on the bar)!

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  1. There's that perspective again, sort of. Roast pig is always worth going off your regime for, Eric! This place looks wonderfully Parisian.

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  2. You and Eric aren't alone anymore, Alexa.
    Eric, that's what diets are for, to go off them now and then. I love roast pork and can never resist good bread. Now I'm hungry.

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  3. Oooooh bread! And roasted pork! Mmmmm!

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  4. Yes, you've made me hungry again. I must go home for dinner!

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  5. "La Tête de Goinfre" - Could be an apt establishment to decline a suitor, gently.

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  6. Oh how French this is... And a table near the bar is always a winner for people watching and waiter nabbing (for when you need them and they're normally nowhere to be found).

    LOL ET Suzy!

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  7. Oh Eric, I feel your pain. I walked a million miles in Paris and alas, the damn bread and wine and......desserts trumped any hope of weight loss. I 'm home and the bread just sucks. The wine is good but maybe I'll get back on track. Love this post. Misery loves company.
    V

    PS Great shot !

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  8. Yum! That sounds delicious! Worth going off the diet for.

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  9. Eric-
    I was in Paris in June for 10 magical days! Through your blog I can still visit daily..thank you!!!

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  10. I was (and still am for a few minutes more)in Paris and missed a meal for the first time in my life. I thought i lost my good watch in Galeries Layfayette yesterday and TOTALLY lost my appetite. Since I wear two,it was the expensive one that fell off. Try THAT for a diet, Eric!

    My watch fell in my shopping bag. I discovered it while back at the hotel.

    BTW, ladies, G.Layfette changed their shoe floor to the basement. the ENTire basement is now a shoe department. Glorious.

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  11. What a lovely photo. 'Glad you enjoyed a nice dinner, Eric. Boy, do I miss real French bread!

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  12. ET Suzy, "Bread. What a pain"
    Virginia, "I feel your pain"
    LOOOL

    Eric, how do you feel this morning? ready for a jogging? ;-)

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  13. My turn: "feeling painful?"




    where will it end

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  14. I would just love to feel your pain. You know that, don't you, Eric?

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  15. @Stuart, "painful", or "pain full" ;-)

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  16. I hope your head isn't feeling a petit pain this morning...groan. I'm envious of your dinners out over verre (groan again). Still you deserve to stuff yourself now and then; I have no truc with it...snigger.

    Roast pork isn't my favourite meat, though roast almost anything else is. Sounds like you had a good time!

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  17. LOL Alexa; 'Eric I think we're finally alone' he he... I'm going to have to return with some sharp flirtation tactics I see.

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  18. I always love your Paris restaurant shots. Everything looks exactly as it should in my minds eye...perfect!! Methinks Eric likes those Paris "Porc" dinners.."pied de cochon"..etc., and so do I! Merci!

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  19. Yummy. In French, we say 'tout est bon dans le cochon'. LOL
    And that is true.
    Very selfishly, I'd say I am feeling my pain today ;)

    On a different note, I need to go to this new shoes department you told about Phx !!! Too bad GL are a bit far from my office now...
    Feel like going shopping... Feel like I am tired. Pas beau à voir, je vous le dis! :)

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  20. LOL, Lynn.
    (Speaking of "pain": At work we are currently starting work on the magazine's Christmas issue and the food editor put out about 10 different kinds of cookies. Put some in a plastic bag and went to see Julie & Julia (again!). Definitely my new fave movie. Have you seen it?

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  21. That shoes should be on the ground floor seems...fitting.

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  22. If I give you my fax number, can you send me some of that bread?



    Sean

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  23. Wow, just wow... How excellent!...
    Quelle tête ;)
    Quel bosseur aussi.

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  24. Sounds like a delightful evening. Would you show us a favorite restaurant meal sometime?

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  25. No I haven't Alexa, I'm sure I'd like to, but I know I'm envious of your cookies! I'm just about to take some out of the oven. Last two batches weren't what I expected. Cookies and biscuits mean different things to UK and USA! I ended up with cakes. Ok must go and get them.....!

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  26. "Julie and Julia" is on the list for the weekend, have heard it is terrific! ;-)

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  27. EuroStyle "If I give you my fax number, can you send me some of that bread?" Sure! Or should I beam it up instead Scotty?!

    PHX. Pfffew. I'm happy for you you did not lose your good watch (not to mention you surely don't need to skip meals!)

    No Thib, I surely could not have even though of jogging today (nor yesterday, nor the day before, BTW LOL)

    @USelaine LOL

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  28. Quel dommage que tu n'aies pas pris de photo de la déco des lieux !!!

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  29. Quel dommage que tu n'aies pas pris de photo de la déco des lieux !!!

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  30. Quel dommage que tu n'aies pas pris de photo de la déco des lieux !!!

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  31. Yum, pork! I also like the pig's head place mat under the wineglass.

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