Rue de Martyrs (Paris, redux)
Three blocks away from our apartment in Paris was a street called Rue de Martyrs. It was four short blocks of food heaven. Even though we were in Paris for the food (mostly) and that meant finding great places to eat (mostly), we could have easily eaten IN every single night because of Rue de Martyrs.
The stunningly good Charcuterie Lyon...
The Charcuterie Lyon was THE most amazing place. Pates (8-9 of them at least, always), rillettes, quiche (large, thick, amazing), sausage, lentil salad (to die for) and kind of other charcuterie delights. We were constant customers for those 9 days. Patisserie Seurre was actually the first shop Meriko and I walked into. It caught our eye (amid our slack-jawed amazement at the street's first two blocks of shops...) and we bee-lined most dangerously across the street. Cannelle (soft, dense caramel cakes) and macaron (not macaroon, but like two crisp halves of light cookie with a soft, rich, moist filling-chocolate, of course!) were the order of the moment. We went here several times as well.
Like zombies we walked, lured by the cannelle and the macaron...
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Some other shops on Rue de Martyrs:
Many (good!) butcher shops here...lots of cuts you don't ordinarily see in the US.
Just one of several fish markets on this street - I liked the blue store front...
Friendly staff, good wine, nice whiskies...