Wednesday, September 24, 2014

soufflé

So even after all this time in France there's still the American in me that thinks stores are open all the time.  This has lead to a lot of disappointment as it did today when I shelped all the way across town to pick up the best Paris baguette 2014 only to find the bakery closed on Wednesday.  

To console myself I decided to check out a restaurant called Le Soufflé.  I love dessert soufflés but for some reason you don't find them often on Parisian menus.  Le Soufflé specializes in them so I thought I'd give it a try even if the place had some signs of being a tourist trap. 

Sure enough when I got there were no French customers, only tourists.  I passed on the menu (soufflé for appetizer, main dish, and dessert seemed a bit much) and opted instead for their signature savory soufflé inspired by Henri IV (perhaps because it is he that is known to say "a chicken in every pot"? - the soufflé was served with a creamy chicken and mushroom sauce). 


I of course had to end with a dessert soufflé:  Soufflé crème brulé with a white chocolate interior.


Both were not bad but not great either, giving me further excuse to eat my way through Paris some more.

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