Paris – Page 4 – Nicci Carrera

May 28, 2013 Nicci Netherlands, Paris, Travel

Street markets in Paris and Amsterdam

Rue Cler, Paris, May 2013:

Rue Cler Capuccino and Cafe Americain — Rue Cler, stopping for a capuccino and cafe Americain

Baking — Bakery near Rue Cler

A street market somewhere in Amsterdam Centrum (stumbled upon):

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Nicci Netherlands, Paris, Travel

Food! Simple and sophisticated, Paris and Amsterdam

Bread Netherlands where I bought it — Where I bought bread in the Netherlands (street market)

Where you can buy wonderful bread: http://www.stoepje.nl/, and this bread in particular: Nuts Raisins Parade bread.

From the Dutch markets: Nut dark chocolate bark, craisin white chocolate bark, salty licorice (zoute drop), and Nuts Raisins Parade bread:

Nut and fruit chocolate bark, salty licorice (drope) and bread

Bread with shaved cheese — Bread with shaved cheese (sorry, a couple bites are missing from the bread)

Appetizers ready to go out to the deck — Appetizers ready to go out to the Amsterdam houseboat deck

An Indonesian and Tibetan restaurant in Amsterdam, Tashi Deleg, Reviews, Location:

Rijsstaafl — Rijstaffel (“pronounced rice stoffel”), an Indonesian dish, Amsterdam. These mini delicacies are just accompaniment to the main dish.

A little chicken roll — A little chicken roll, Tibetan

Appetizer sauces — Appetizers and sauces

Cheese shop 2 — Cheese shop, Amsterdam

Na Siam, Amsterdam:

Thai restaurant in Amsterdam — Na Siam Thai restaurant in Amsterdam, on Kerkstraat

Thai food — Thai food, spicy beef (on the right) and chicken pad thai (left)

Nia's toast May 9 2013 — At the restaurant in the Opera Garnier, Paris

Grey Goose is the house vodka!

Martini — Can life get any better?

Green pea soup cold with cream and goat cheese on toast — Green pea soup (cold) with cream. Sounds odd, but is really, really good. Goat cheese on toast. Sounds good, and it is. Very. That’s a basil leaf on top.

Tomato jam mozzarella bonito and basil sorbet — Tomato jam, mozzarella, bonito and basil sorbet. Unbelievably good.

Butter at opera — Oh, the French and their butter. Yes, this was excellent.

Rolls — Rolls: fresh, sour, warm enough to melt the butter, delicious.

Deep fried Celeriac — Deep fried celeriac, a side dish to the flank steak

Flank steak — Flank steak on celeriac puree, as tender as filet mignon

Veal

Dessert menu — We had the souffle. OMG, that’s all I can say.

Maison Robert, near L’Avenue des Champs Elysees:

Crepe de Frites Maison Robert — Crepe des Fruites Maison Robert, delicious, but… this crepe and 2 cups of tea, $40 American? Mais non!!

A waffle from a stand in Keukenhoff Gardens (delicious!)

A simple meal on the deck of 38 L’Avenue de la Bourdenais:

French butter, doux (sweet)

Brie

First, apply the butter — First, apply the butter.

Then the Brie — Then apply the brie.

All that and a bottle of wine… less than $10. Hint: when in France, buy bread, butter, cheese and wine. They all must be subsidized or something! Then dine at your hotel or apartment.

May 25, 2013May 28, 2013 Nicci Paris, Travel

Paris impressions V, Pont Alexandre III

Pont Alexandre III

Pont Alexandre III with Eiffel and no litter blurred foreground — Llitter in foreground eliminated with GIMP

Pont Alexandre III 6 no enhance — No enhancements

Pont Alexandre III 5 color and white — GIMP White balance and color enhance

May 24, 2013November 13, 2015 Nicci Paris, Thematic photography

Peace II

For Peace I, see Peace.

Paris, the Champs de Mars park. “Peace” in many languages.

May 23, 2013June 4, 2013 Nicci Netherlands, Paris, Thematic photography, Travel

Lamp posts of Paris and Amsterdam

Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Gaussian blur applied five times to the smallest rectangle that would include the people at the bottom.

A lamp in Le Champs de Mars — A lamp in Le Champs de Mars,Paris. No post-processing

Amsterdam 2 — Amsterdam, GIMP white balance followed by color enhance, applied

Pont (Bridge) Alexandre