My quest to see more of Paris continued with dinner. I’ve never been to the Latin Quarter and even though it’s probably a little touristy, that was where I wanted to eat. Everyone else just followed along.
Patrick decided he had a hankerin’ for chicken cordon blue. I told him it’s not something he’s going to find. It may not even be a French dish. He asked the guy at the hotel. He said he has only ever seen it at the grocery store.
So we combed the menus at the restaurants in the Latin Quarter in search of chicken cordon blue, or something close. We saw a place with chicken in a creamy sauce. We kept looking. Then once we decided that we wanted to go to that place, we couldn’t find it again.
We chose another restaurant that promised some sort of creamy chicken. But after we sat down, Patrick said he didn’t like it (said it smelled like fish) and we got up and left.
There was fondue place after fondue place. I knew that Bill had made reservations at a similar restaurant near home, so I tried to steer clear of those places. But there were just too many. We chose one that promised some chicken dishes and went on inside. It also promised air conditioning. The air conditioning turned out to be a fan pointed at the hostess. Down inside where we sat there was no air circulation of any kind, hot or cold. Patrick suggested ordering fondue as an appetizer. I wasn’t so sure they would fully grasp the request and convinced him otherwise. The food was really good. Roast chicken for everyone else, turkey in a creamy sauce for me. We were just too hot to sit there for dessert and decided to get some elsewhere. Well, I had mine because I’d ordered a menu. And I could easily be convinced to sit and watch others eat chocolate cake. But chocolate cake in Paris turned out to be as challenging to find as chicken cordon blue. Finally, we gave up and went back to the hotel. I was too tired to continue the quest. Patrick and Julie went to a restaurant around the corner for a nightcap. I don’t know how they can keep up this pace. Even on vacation, a person needs to rest.