Introduction
My second day in Paris. I awoke slightly earlier than yesterday, and set out for the Sunday farmer's market at Place Monge in the Latin Quarter (5th Arrondissement), just a couple of stops away on the Metro. Partly this was curiosity, and partly a question of food supply. There are several of these markets around Paris, according to my Gourmet Guide to Paris book, and if I were t o stock my apartment's refrigerator and cupboard, this stuck me as the way to go instead of to the nearest supermarket.
I made a brief shopping list:
- milk, 1-2 liters
- creme fraiche or yoghurt (bought Fontainebleau cheese dessert instead)
- olives, 200 g
- peach or tangerine (got the peach)
- cheese, goat (bought 2)
- butter, 500 g
- bread, ~500 g / batard
- apple juice, 1 liter
I also picked up a whole roasted chicken, roasted potatoes, a couple of apples, and a few hundred grams of raisins.
When I got back to my apartment, I ate half the chicken, with fresh bread, goat cheese, and milk, with Fontainebleau mixed with raisins for dessert. Yum!
