I am a little behind in some of the things I have wanted to post, so here’s a bit about our extravagant Michelin Star restaurant in Paris on Friday night - our last night in Paris.  This was on May 25th.

The restaurant was called Relais Louis XIII because the restaurants sits on the grounds of Couvent des Grands-Augustine’s, the exact place where Louis XIII was proclaimed king of France in 1610.  The decor is reminiscent of the time period.


The dinner was amazing.  We had the six course set menu which means the chief chose the menu for us.  We started with a mousseline of red sweet pepper.  It was light and tasty.

The next course was green asparagus with poached egg and bacon.

The fish course was Hake with cabbage and potatoes in a cream sauce to die for.

 The Poultry was with vegetables Susan – whatever that is.

The cheese course was a Chaourse cheese from Burgundy. It had not occurred to either of us that a cheese course could be a desert, but this was.  It had an apple sauce under it and the cheese was whipped – yummy.  That’s some sort of crunchy toast on top.

The final course was an Ice and Meringue with strawberries.  The ice was actually a gelatin.

After dinner they brought us sweets and coffee.  (Dad got tea, of course.)

It was quite a magical night.  The food was terrific, the service kind and helpful and the location exquisite!