Paris Day 1 - Lunch in Montmatre

After spending almost 2 hours in Les Puces, we continued our journey to Montmatre area. But before we started our exploration, we thought it was the perfect timing to have some lunch.

In Montmatre, you'll find a myriad of restaurants offering scrumptious meals with prices that won't break your wallet. Our choice of lunch fell to this restaurant below.

It was not hard to pick a meal, the restaurant has provided the formula. It's either you want to have an starter and main course or a main course with dessert or starter with main course and dessert. I picked up for the main course accompanied by a dessert, but my husband chose the complete set.

Despite my blood type, I am proudly consider myself as a meat lover. So I had a steak with French fries for my main course.

Beef in France is one of the best quality of meats in the world. Some (who dares) eat them raw. Ever heard of the beef tartar? Well, I was not that brave though. So, I had it properly cooked or bien cuir. The meat was succulently juicy, but they were not much flavor in it (compared to steaks I usually have in Indonesia). They cooked it with almost no spice at all to preserve the original flavor of the meat. Nonetheless, with a bit of salt it still tasted good.

 



In contrast with me, the Mister preferred something healthier. So he opted in for a bowl of fresh green salad with sweet tomatoes and continue to munch something fresh from the sea: a steamed white Sea bass with mashed potatoes and grilled tomatoes.

We close our meals with the following sweet things:

Toasted caramelized bread and vanilla ice cream.

Don't be afraid to indulge yourself with a dessert. Most of these desserts are not that sweet and sugary as it looks like. Well, at least not as sweet and sugary as I used to have here in Indonesia.

And a chocolate ice cream with whipped cream.

Hmmm.....they were so delicious.

By the end of our meal, we certainly had fallen in love with French cuisine. Totally. Head over heels. Wink* wink* wink* 

Before you start your French luncheon experience, I'd like to share certain things below:

• Restaurants won't serve lunch above 2 pm. Normally, the will close the premise from 2pm to around 4pm or so. So, if you want to have a late lunch, please don't have it after 2pm.

• French people take their lunch at a slow pace (sometimes can be considered as very slow by some cultures). The service here is not quick. In my experience, we spent almost 2 hours just to sit there, waiting for the food and drinks, eat them and paid the bills. Even for settling down the bills, the waitress took a considerable amount of time. We did not mind though, as we were not in hurry. But, if you are in tight schedule and still has many other places to explore, then I suggest you to just grab a sandwich and continue your journey.

• Tipping is not a compulsory thing to do. Tip if you feel that they deserve it!