It’s hard to explain to some why 25 Euros (or 35 Dollars) is a good deal for lunch (actually the main course and dessert was 20 Euros and the glass of wine I had to wash it down was 3.50).  I guess because I’ve lived in cities and here in Paris for so long and everything is so expensive that it becomes a real find when a meal costs less than 30 Euros!

So my latest find is this charming little restaurant called La Fourchette du Printemps (the forks of springtime) located at 30 rue du Printemps in the 17th.  A short Velib ride from my place.

I ordered the “pintade” which is this beautiful bird:

The meat is very tender and cooked just done.  It was served on a bed of brussel sprouts ( I think they had been braised) and chestnuts with a brown sauce.

THEN, I got to have dessert!  YUM!!!! A “Paris Brest”.  One of my very favorite pastries.  It’s made of choux pastry and a praline cream in the middle.  Kind of like a donut with filling only about a million times better.  The pastry was created in 1891 to commemorate a bicycle race (1200km or 745 miles!) between Paris and Brest (Brittany coast) which is why it’s shaped like a bicycle wheel.