June 22, 2010
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Paris, Day 5
Cooking Day!
On Friday (June 5th), one of A's cool French friends has agreed to teach her how to cook Boeuf Bourgignon (made famous by Julia Childs--A is a big fan). I was lucky enough to be around when this was all going down. The plan: Go to Aligre, the oldest market in Paris, buy all of our ingredients, prepare and meal and have a dinner party that night.
The whole market experience itself was really fun. A's friend knew many of the vendors, so it was a social call as much as a shopping trip. We got lots of free samples too.
planning the menu, going over the recipe and making a list of things to buy
plenty of fresh veggies and fruit!
herbs for the cooking!
Some wine for the meat marinade.... and for us!
It was pleasant to see that the wine just came in unmarked glass bottles, that you bring back for a refill. Also, it was unbeleivably good and cheap!
I can never resist the siren song of a flower shop.
more fun with red
The butcher was lots of fun. He even let us come into the shop and look in the cooler.
yikes!
back home to marinate the meat for 4 hours in the fridge
drained and ready to be battered
adding the wine from the marinade back in to cook
pork, mushrooms, onions, etc
radish pesto (made with radish leaves!)
final product (1/2 consumed). It's not much to look at, but it was so good. Even the gourmet French guests approved. A and I were pretty proud of our kitchen skills. To me, this was so good, I literally almost cried. I teared a bit for sure.
The dinner guests (minus me). It was a great night. Now the pressure is on to replicate this at home. Kyohei is waiting!
Comments (2)
so cool that you got to go a market for shopping and then cooking an authentic meal!
@aurore69 - Thanks! Yeah, I'm not even a person that likes to cook and I had a great time. It was one of the highlights of the trip.
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