Paris get-together November 11-16
Nov 2nd, 2008, 06:12 AM
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These are the tentative plans: We will meet at Gallopin, 40 rue Notre Dame des Victoires, in the 2nd arrondissement, on Tuesday, November 11 at 8 PM. Anselm is confirming by phone; he has already left for France and will let me know when the reservation is final.
Keep checking this spot and I will post any changes. Additionally, you may send me an e-mail (NKermish at hotmail) if you are planning to attend and I will reply with contact information.
Really looking forward to meeting everyone.
Keep checking this spot and I will post any changes. Additionally, you may send me an e-mail (NKermish at hotmail) if you are planning to attend and I will reply with contact information.
Really looking forward to meeting everyone.
Nov 4th, 2008, 08:51 AM
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Reservations have been made for eight people at Gallopin on Tuesday, November 11 at 8 PM in the name of Lucy.
This includes Anselm Adorne and wife, Avalon and husband, Mel J and husband, Patrick London, and me.
Leburta, please let me know whether you are going to be able to attend. We have arranged to call the restaurant and tell them if there will be more people joining us.
This includes Anselm Adorne and wife, Avalon and husband, Mel J and husband, Patrick London, and me.
Leburta, please let me know whether you are going to be able to attend. We have arranged to call the restaurant and tell them if there will be more people joining us.
Nov 4th, 2008, 02:44 PM
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Wish I could join you, esp after reading a review of Gallopin, which sounds like my sort of place.
....Though I remain faithful to the Bistro du Peintre, site of our March 2008 GTG.
Say hello to Anselm for me.
Onward and upward, Fodorites!
....Though I remain faithful to the Bistro du Peintre, site of our March 2008 GTG.
Say hello to Anselm for me.
Onward and upward, Fodorites!
Nov 11th, 2008, 01:55 PM
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We had our small gathering tonight at the brasserie Gallopin in Paris, across the street from the Bourse. Anselm Adorne, his wife Margriet, Avalon and her husband, Patrick London and I were in attendance.
We solved the world's problems and gossiped about those of you who weren't there. More faces added to more names and the world once again is a smaller place. Great moelleux au chocolat, and I even learned how to pronounce it. A success all around.
We solved the world's problems and gossiped about those of you who weren't there. More faces added to more names and the world once again is a smaller place. Great moelleux au chocolat, and I even learned how to pronounce it. A success all around.
Nov 11th, 2008, 03:11 PM
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Congratulations. Wish I had been there. Wd have been preferable to a freezing cold day in Canada's capital, Remembrance Day pageantry notwithstanding.
The saviour of my sanity is the fact that in 6 weeks, we will be off to NYC for a family Xmas, then Washington DC (more family), then Savannah GA for Jan. 09 and TO HELL with Canadian snowfalls.
I'm staying away until "the White Stuff", as it is so playfully known, is ALL gone.
The saviour of my sanity is the fact that in 6 weeks, we will be off to NYC for a family Xmas, then Washington DC (more family), then Savannah GA for Jan. 09 and TO HELL with Canadian snowfalls.
I'm staying away until "the White Stuff", as it is so playfully known, is ALL gone.
Nov 11th, 2008, 03:15 PM
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Nikki wrote: "We solved the world's problems and gossiped about those of you who weren't there."
I hope, given that my possible availability was a trigger for this event, that I got included in an "absent friends" toast. Even though I am not absent here.
I hope, given that my possible availability was a trigger for this event, that I got included in an "absent friends" toast. Even though I am not absent here.
Nov 11th, 2008, 10:37 PM
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I see I was beaten to the punch, but let me just add how nice it was to put some faces to names (and learn where Anselmadorne came from), together with sundry interesting observations on French apartment design, reflections on the date, decaffeinated coffee and duck. Thanks, Nikki, for making it happen. As for the gossip, well, wouldn't you like to know......
Here are some photos of the restaurant:
http://www.guides-restaurants.fr/gui...opin-paris.php
Menu: Most of us went first for a sort of galette of ceps (came with a piece of pork crackling which I don't particularly care for), David had oysters, I know, and there was a duck foie gras and salad. For mains, I had paleron de boeuf, which was a sort of slow-cooked cut that simply melted on the fork, with some potatoes; someone had fish, I think. Delicious fondant chocolate cake for afters for me, and some strong coffee and wine. Final cost (apart from aperitif drinks) €36 including set service charge.
Here are some photos of the restaurant:
http://www.guides-restaurants.fr/gui...opin-paris.php
Menu: Most of us went first for a sort of galette of ceps (came with a piece of pork crackling which I don't particularly care for), David had oysters, I know, and there was a duck foie gras and salad. For mains, I had paleron de boeuf, which was a sort of slow-cooked cut that simply melted on the fork, with some potatoes; someone had fish, I think. Delicious fondant chocolate cake for afters for me, and some strong coffee and wine. Final cost (apart from aperitif drinks) €36 including set service charge.
Nov 12th, 2008, 06:21 AM
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Thanks for the update as I was experiencing it vicariously through you. My friend Monica arranged a similar GTG last year in May at Bistrot de l' Oulette and it was great. Hope to do something similar when I return next year.
No pictures? Surely someone had a camera.
No pictures? Surely someone had a camera.
Nov 12th, 2008, 06:26 AM
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It was indeed a pleasure to meet others last evening. Good conversation in a very nice setting.
Gossip? I will mention that some people think colduphere is very funny, but they may have him mixed up with Dutch. Or is it the other way around?
Leely, mine was lentilles de Puy en gelée avec mousse de foie gras et magret de canard fumé. (You did once mention that I like duck.) That was followed by pintade ... I've forgotten the description, but some raisins were involved in the preparation.
On a more serious note, having been to a couple of GTGs in Toronto and now one in Paris, I should no longer be amazed that a group of people who scarcely know each other can find so much to talk about. Travelling is a great bridge to friendship.
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Gossip? I will mention that some people think colduphere is very funny, but they may have him mixed up with Dutch. Or is it the other way around?
Leely, mine was lentilles de Puy en gelée avec mousse de foie gras et magret de canard fumé. (You did once mention that I like duck.) That was followed by pintade ... I've forgotten the description, but some raisins were involved in the preparation.
On a more serious note, having been to a couple of GTGs in Toronto and now one in Paris, I should no longer be amazed that a group of people who scarcely know each other can find so much to talk about. Travelling is a great bridge to friendship.
AA
Nov 12th, 2008, 10:36 PM
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I give mixed reviews to the food at Gallopin. I wasn't thrilled with the choices available on the menu (only three main courses for the fixed price) but I did stick to it to make it easier to divide the check. I think mine was the only bad choice however, a "tandoor de volaille" that was neither Indian nor particularly French. I did like my appetizer of wild mushroom cake with pork crackling and dessert of molten chocolate cake quite a lot. The choices on the carte, while more expensive, did look more appealing.
Nov 13th, 2008, 06:47 AM
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Leely and Mahya, there may be photos. Avalon took some, but I recollect that she and her husband have still have some travelling to do, so we'll have to see what happens.
Kerouac, I suppose Laredo has a certain pull (like Moncton or Sudbury, perhaps?), but I hope you can make it to a Paris GTG some day. There are a lot of us who would like to meet you.
111op, I think Nikki makes a very good point about the food. I liked the decor and the service, and I would add that it was a good location for a GTG. The food was perfectly acceptable (my wife and I were just talking about the lentilles a couple of hours ago) and the prices reasonable. However, if quality of food is your most important consideration, I think Paris offers other choices.
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Kerouac, I suppose Laredo has a certain pull (like Moncton or Sudbury, perhaps?), but I hope you can make it to a Paris GTG some day. There are a lot of us who would like to meet you.
111op, I think Nikki makes a very good point about the food. I liked the decor and the service, and I would add that it was a good location for a GTG. The food was perfectly acceptable (my wife and I were just talking about the lentilles a couple of hours ago) and the prices reasonable. However, if quality of food is your most important consideration, I think Paris offers other choices.
AA
