Bon Appétit!


“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”
 –Julia Child
une tarte aux pommes - apple tart
une tartlette aux frambroises - raspberry tart

confit de canard - preserved duck poached in its own fat

une assiette de fruits de mer - a plate of various shell fish (oysters, clams, shrimp, and whelks)  


moules et frites - mussels and fries
 

Leffe - Belgian beer
 

croissants, pain au chocolat, et croissants aux amandesbuttery flaky crescents, flaky pastry with chocolate in the middle, and buttery flaky crescents with almond creme filling
  
Guinness Irish Stout at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

fish & chips in Dublin

Guinness Irish Stew in Ennis

Murphy's Irish Stout

stuffed pork chop and mashed potatoes in Killarney
 
steak tartare - minced raw beef marinated in wine, spices and chilled


Le Mont-Blanc - meringue, sweet whipped cream, chestnut puree vermicelles

Le Chocolat à l’ancienne dit “l’Africain” - Old-Fashioned Hot Chocolate “L’Africain”

charlotte fruits rouges - red berry pastry from Stohrer

croque-monsieur - grilled ham and cheese sandwich

 Brugse Zot - a goldenblond beer with a rich froth and a fruity flavouring in Bruges

chocolat chaud - hot chocolate in Bruges

gaufre - waffle in Bruges

frietjes - fries in Amsterdam

Hollandse Nieuwe -  Dutch brined herring and onions in Amsterdam

scone in Stratford-upon-Avon

fish & chips in London

Trofie alla pesto - pasta with pasta sauce made of basil, pine nuts, and garlic in Vernazza

pizza - pizza in Vernazza
focaccia - airy flatbread with olive oil and salt in Monterosso al Mare
tegame alla Vernazza - anchovies, tomatoes, and potatoes baked in the oven in Vernazza

cinghiale - wild boar from San Gimignano

insalata fantasia - fanatsy salad in Florence

bruschetta - toast topped with tomato, basil, garlic, and onion in Rome

insalata greca -  Greek salad in Rome

bucatini all'amatriciana - bucantini with tomato sauce, "pancetta" bacon, onion, and pecorino cheese in Rome

truffes pouchkine et Francois 1er - house specialty chocolates and Francois I chocolates with a dark chocolate ganache from Patisserie-Chocolaterie Bigot in Amboise

sandwich jambon-fromage - ham and cheese sandwich from a boulangerie in Amboise


filets de daurade à la ciboulette - filet of sea bream with chive butter, finely chopped vegetables, and cooked courgette from Le Palatino in Tours

légumes/riz et les fraises - vegetables with rice and strawberries at Château de Chenonceau

 
salade géante: salade détente - giant salad with lettuce, tomatoes, smoked salmon, crème fraîche, olives, and garlic potatoes from Le Relais Gascon

gelat pistacchio di bronte i speculoos - pistachio and gingersnap ice cream from Amorino in Barcelona

paella de marisco - seafood paella made of white rice, vegetables, seafood (mussels, clams, crawfish, shrimp, scallops, and octopus), saffron and olive oil from Tasca I Vins in Barcelona

bocadillos - small and simple Spanish sandwiches from Cor Caliu in Barcelona

tapas - Spanish snacks from Sagardi in Barcelona
glace au chocolat noir - dark chocolate ice cream from Berthillon
macarons from Pierre Hermé - a cream-filled, meringue-like, sandwich pastry
Yiddish sandwich from Sacha Finkelsztajn - corned beef, eggplant spread, red chilli paste, sliced pickles, cucumbers, and tomatoes on a soft onion roll

crème brulée - caramelized custard

magret de canard à l'orange - sliced duck breast

escargots - snails cooked with garlic and parsley butter

un citron - a lemon tart
champagne - sparkling wine

Magners - a brand of Irish cider


fallafel spécial - warm pita bread stuffed with marinated crunchy cabbage, silky eggplant, sesame hummus, and balls of chick-pea paste, crisp-fried fallafel from L'As du Fallafel


crème caramel - flan in a caramel sauce

salade de saumon fumé - smoked salmon salad
pain au chocolat - pastry similar to a croissant with chocolate inside
un éclair au chocolat- a pastry filled with chocolate cream from Stohrer

filets de rouget à la provençale - filets of rouget(fish) in the style of Provence in Marseilles
moules-frites - mussels and fries in Aix-en-Provence
 
salade niçoise - mixed salad topped with tuna and anchovy in Aix-en-Provence

le fondue de fromage et le fondue bourguignonne – cheese and meat fondue
at Le Refuge des Fondues

baba au rhum - cake soaked in rum from Stohrer

un café - an espresso at Café Hugo
 
saumon rôti sauce béarnaise, riz - salmon with bearnaise sauce, rice
  
salade au chèvre chaud - toasted goat cheese salad

chausson aux pommes - apple turnover from Poilâne
  
le fast food, Middle Eastern dive bar style
  
soupe à l'oignon - onion soup from Iolanda