Last day in Paris! We are both feeling like the time went by really fast, but we are also happy it’s the last day since we’re ready to go home.
We decided to have our last lunch at Café Imogene. It tastes great, and it’s around the corner from our hotel so every day, we’d see the old chef in there, and he’d nod and smile at us in acknowledgment. We also wanted to actually allow me to have a great meal there since last time I had that stanky Andouille crepe.
We both ordered the crepe du jour, and it was amazing! It was filled with ratatouille, topped with a sunny-side up egg and 2 different types of ham (think prosciutto). The place was busy as usual, but it was worth the wait. They even gave us some cider to drink while we waited for a table. For dessert, Duke got his caramel crepe with vanilla ice cream again, and I chose the dessert du jour which was a crepe filled with fresh fruit (strawberries, kiwi, peaches) with fresh strawberry syrup drizzled on top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. We finished it off with a couple espressos, and it was time to go.
The rest of the day was filled with souvenir shopping. We headed to the Louvre area to get some of those junky souvenirs (my mom loves that stuff), and also picked up some random gifts for people in Carousel du Louvre. I did get this little plastic dude who is an eyeglass stand. It’s really cute. I got one for Sharon too, even though it’s not really Parisian.
After dropping off all the gifts at the hotel, we made reservations at Rino, a highly rated Italian place. We took a walk over there, and were seated outside on the “terrace” which meant we were out on the street. We tried to get a table inside, but they were already reserved. We had a four course meal which consisted of cheese dumplings in a pea sauce, cod with sacreur (flowers of some sort), pigeon with asparagus and fava beans, and a yogurt ice cream with fruit and semolina as dessert. Duke also had a cheese plate before dessert which was inedible in my view (except for a small piece of goat cheese that was ok).
Overall, I thought the meal was the best one we had in Paris. Not really for the experience, but just in pure taste. I surprisingly enjoyed the pigeon. I’ve never really liked quail or pheasant, so I didn’t think I’d like pigeon but it was much more steak-like than I had imagined. Duke didn’t particularly like it but he still ate it all.
The rest of the night and next morning was basically packing so we’d be ready to go to the airport. Roissybus proved to be another great deal but it was a huge pain b/c of the swarms of people. We got to the airport in one piece though. Time to board the plane.
Au Revoir!
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