Lunch with A Taste of Paris, Le Cordon Bleu, Salon de la Patisserie

 

Back in February, out of the blue, I got a request for 10 chocolate 🍫 letters 💌  

From Lorie of A Taste of Paris

Lori leads culinary tours to Paris & Provence

And teaches cooking lessons (including macarons) in McKinny, TX.

Instead of mailing the letters from Paris, 

Lorie wanted me to be present at their group luncheon on Tuesday and hand out the letters in person!

What a thrill it was for me to see my letters 💌 being ripped opened 

The happy faces! 😊 It’s something I usually can only imagine… 

We met for lunch at excellent La Maison de Jardin (close to the Luxembourg gardens).

We all got the delicious ‘Formule’ menu (29€).

For entré/starter I had Moules de Bouchot marinées, creme au Reblochon, which sounded odd (cream & mussels?) but was divine. My main was sea bream with lentilles(lower left). Dessert was classic chocolate mousse. I can definitely recommend La Maison for lunch  👍

I was sitting next to Lorie. 

I mentioned I’d just come a presentation that morning at Le Cordon Bleu HQ (all in French at 9:00 am)

For the upcoming in June Salon de la Patisserie. 

I was doodling ✏️ the chefs of course…

Back in 2013 I went to the old Cordon Bleu for a Portes Ouvres/Open door 🚪 visit. 

It was quite different back then…

Lorie said she trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu 🫕

Bravo Lorie 👏 This is not an easy cooking school at all.

By the way they have a terrific gift/boutique shop. I got the tea and cinnamon with vanille.

And Apricot jam (now gone 😊) Plus their signature carryall. Will peep think I attended Cordon Bleu? 

Lorie was taking her group for a cooking class that night at Le Cordon Bleu. What a fab trip! We’d had a mandarine tarte demo in the morning.

Did I say I ate a lovely carrot cake at the Cordon Bleu cafe? My first in 10 years - very moist and nutty 👍

Thanks to synchronicity, in the Metro going home, this poster for a new French TV program, Derrière le Tablier.

We finished our lovely lunch with little cups of coffee ☕️ I was busy posing the cups for future possible watercolors comme d’habitude. 

❤️ Thank you Lorie & A Taste of Paris group ❤️ for  making my day. What a wonderful experience 🤸‍♂️

I ran 🏃‍♂️ to get the bus. Comme d’habitude, it arrived immediately 👍 Bus Luck 🍀 I went home and collapsed 😊

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 Now to run 🏃‍♀️ to the Sarah B. show at Petit Palace