Lufthansa New First Class DEN-FRA and pre-Christmas in Paris
Dec 16, 2012, 4:22 am
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We've eaten at both the 6th and 8th locations. Is it that the waitstaff is all female? I don't recall seeing a single male employee at any time we've been there.
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Dec 16, 2012, 4:59 am
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We're off for our first visit to L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, tonight at the Saint-Germain location. On the way, lights along the Champs-Elysées
Gorgeous restaurant with counter only seating around the kitchen. No, Joel was not in the house tonight, but from the website.
I like the clientele better in my pic...
Every dish tonight was a taste sensation. We both started with langoustines. Mrs. SFO, the ravioli...
En papillote pour moi.
Next was the most incredible pasta carbonara I have ever tasted. OMG.
Coquille St-Jacques with truffles.
L'agneau pour madame.
Our culinary orgy finished with an incredible Le Chocolat Tendance.
An amazing meal and reasonably price I thought. Including a 90 euro bottle of 1er cru Dauvisset Chablis, our tab was only 282 euros, less than we'd spend in San Francisco at Quince or Gary Danko.
Gorgeous restaurant with counter only seating around the kitchen. No, Joel was not in the house tonight, but from the website.
I like the clientele better in my pic...
Every dish tonight was a taste sensation. We both started with langoustines. Mrs. SFO, the ravioli...
En papillote pour moi.
Next was the most incredible pasta carbonara I have ever tasted. OMG.
Coquille St-Jacques with truffles.
L'agneau pour madame.
Our culinary orgy finished with an incredible Le Chocolat Tendance.
An amazing meal and reasonably price I thought. Including a 90 euro bottle of 1er cru Dauvisset Chablis, our tab was only 282 euros, less than we'd spend in San Francisco at Quince or Gary Danko.
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Dec 16, 2012, 5:17 am
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More sights on the way back "home"...
And we decided to walk up to L'avenue Georges V and the Champs-Elysées to walk off dinner and take in more lights.
More window shopping along the way. Mrs. SFO liked this one...
Although I was more interested in buying something for her in this store...
After she laughed, gave me the roll eyes and told me that outfit wasn't going to happen, we continued on up to Fouquet's and the Champs-Elysées.
And back to the hotel.
And we decided to walk up to L'avenue Georges V and the Champs-Elysées to walk off dinner and take in more lights.
More window shopping along the way. Mrs. SFO liked this one...
Although I was more interested in buying something for her in this store...
After she laughed, gave me the roll eyes and told me that outfit wasn't going to happen, we continued on up to Fouquet's and the Champs-Elysées.
And back to the hotel.
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Dec 16, 2012, 6:29 am
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Day 3
Paris
What a butt ugly Friday this is looking like. +4C, cold, windy and rainy. Lovely.
We're off to La Musée de L'Orangerie to revisit the wonderful Monet water lillies mural.
And an interactive panaroma
http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/homes/...24799_u1l2.htm
Just outside L'Orangerie at Place de la Concorde.
And the lovely walk thru the Tuileries.
To lunch at one of the oldest restaurants in Paris, La Cordonnerie. Two years ago it was rated the #1 of 8,500+ restaurants in Paris by Tripadvisor. It is currently #48. OK, I always take tripadvisor with a grain of salt, but I love this place. Mrs. SFO hates it. But in a moment of weakness, agreed to go here for lunch. It is a wonderful traditional French cuisine family restaurant. Papa Claude is the talented chef and his nephew was the server today.
This place isn't old, it's ancient. Probably so old that its code violations are grandfathered. Why else would exposed wire be tolerated?
I blocked the unhappy face.
Starters were charcuturie and delicious duck paté.
Our mains, poulet for madam while I had the incredible escalope be veau Normande.
My sauce Normande was artery clogging "to die for".
Paris
What a butt ugly Friday this is looking like. +4C, cold, windy and rainy. Lovely.
We're off to La Musée de L'Orangerie to revisit the wonderful Monet water lillies mural.
And an interactive panaroma
http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/homes/...24799_u1l2.htm
Just outside L'Orangerie at Place de la Concorde.
And the lovely walk thru the Tuileries.
To lunch at one of the oldest restaurants in Paris, La Cordonnerie. Two years ago it was rated the #1 of 8,500+ restaurants in Paris by Tripadvisor. It is currently #48. OK, I always take tripadvisor with a grain of salt, but I love this place. Mrs. SFO hates it. But in a moment of weakness, agreed to go here for lunch. It is a wonderful traditional French cuisine family restaurant. Papa Claude is the talented chef and his nephew was the server today.
This place isn't old, it's ancient. Probably so old that its code violations are grandfathered. Why else would exposed wire be tolerated?
I blocked the unhappy face.
Starters were charcuturie and delicious duck paté.
Our mains, poulet for madam while I had the incredible escalope be veau Normande.
My sauce Normande was artery clogging "to die for".
Dec 16, 2012, 7:28 am
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From La Cordonnerie, we walked up towards Boul Haussmann.
By the Palais Garnier, home to the Opera Garnier.
From a previous visit including the incredible Chagall ceiling.
One of the classiest Apple stores you'll see.
Up to Les Galleries Lafayette on Haussmann.
And the wonderful Christmas displays.
And the most spectacular shopping atrium and tree I've ever seen.
And nearby Printemps.
By the Palais Garnier, home to the Opera Garnier.
From a previous visit including the incredible Chagall ceiling.
One of the classiest Apple stores you'll see.
Up to Les Galleries Lafayette on Haussmann.
And the wonderful Christmas displays.
And the most spectacular shopping atrium and tree I've ever seen.
And nearby Printemps.
Dec 16, 2012, 12:10 pm
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SFO-DEN-FRA-ICN UA/LH F Class, where do I get my shiny First Class boarding ticket envelope and not the paper thin boarding passes that the automated United ticketing machine spits out. Waiting in United Club East lounge in Concourse B for 2:55pm flight out. Should I exit concourse and go to the departures ticketing gate or can I get one at the gate?
Dec 16, 2012, 12:32 pm
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SFO-DEN-FRA-ICN UA/LH F Class, where do I get my shiny First Class boarding ticket envelope and not the paper thin boarding passes that the automated United ticketing machine spits out. Waiting in United Club East lounge in Concourse B for 2:55pm flight out. Should I exit concourse and go to the departures ticketing gate or can I get one at the gate?
If you get it at DEN, hide it and get another one at FRA! I still have mine as collectibles
Dec 16, 2012, 1:20 pm
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Thank you SFO777 for another fabulous trip report.
It was wonderful to see "The City of Light" so beautifully done up at this time of year. Your pictures have certainly done it justice.
L'Atelier also looked wonderful as well. Did you have any issues getting reservations (wait list, lack of availability)?
It was wonderful to see "The City of Light" so beautifully done up at this time of year. Your pictures have certainly done it justice.
L'Atelier also looked wonderful as well. Did you have any issues getting reservations (wait list, lack of availability)?