Tag: paris

  • Le Grand Trianon, Versailles

    Continuing with our tour of the Chateau de Versailles … The Grand Trianon is another palace within the grounds of the palace of Versailles that we visited. It turned out to be a great escape from the horde of tourists. Plan du Chateau, courtesy of Wikipedia. The palace is divided into two wings separated by

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  • Château de Versailles

    On this trip to Paris, since we had almost a week, we decided to spend a full day at Versailles and enjoy the sights leisurely.  I(Chris) went there many years ago with my mum but I cannot find any photos from that visit. The Château de Versailles is one of those must-see tourist attraction in France. But

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  • ze kitchen galerie, Paris

    ze kitchen galerie was the restaurant which kicked off our little unintended 8-star, 4-day gastronomic tour in Paris. IT’s friends booked this restaurant for us because it was the first night when all of us arrived in Paris and the restaurant is within walking distance of where we were staying in the Latin Quarter. We did

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  • Alain Passard’s L’Arpège, Paris

    Our 1-week stay in Paris was not meant to be a gastronomic tour. But IT asked her Parisian friends, D and C, who work in the food industry, to make reservations for us at several restaurants. In four days, we ate in four restaurants with a combined total of eight Michelin stars. We did not know in

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