Today, we went to Marche de la Bastille, or the Bastille Market. This is Paris's largest food market, held every Wednesday and Sunday. Marches are held around Paris every day of the week, but this one was said to be the best and not to miss.
Tang and I went because we're food-lovers but also to do some shopping. Many restaurants are closed on Sundays, so we decided to cook tonight (I love still having a kitchen while on vacation!). We knew we'd find some great seasonal food that we couldn't get in the US.
Before we did our shopping, we just wandered the market.
Flower stalls
Tons of vegetable and fruit stalls - root vegetables are coming in so we saw lots of potatoes, turnips, hard squash
Clementines
Lots of seafood stalls. Several had cooked mussels, smoked fish or cooked lobster alongside tons of raw fish, shellfish, scallops in the shell, cockles...
Rotisserie with suckling pig at the top, rows of chickens, lamb loins and, at the bottom, potatoes roasting in the drippings
Cheese everywhere! This stall was specializing in Parmesan Reggiano.
More seafood. The tray at the front is full of cockles.
Breads and pastry of all kinds. This stall was certified organic.
Behind the display counters, they had several of these large plastic baskets full of bread to refill the displays.
Shellfish
We had to stop for a snack... 6 macroons for 4.90. From back to front, almond, pistachio, coffee, raspberry, lemon and chocolate.
After wandering the market and having some delicious falafel for lunch, we did our shopping. Tonight's menu: pain de campagne (crusty country bread) with chevre (goat cheese), leek and mushroom risotto with sage, and figs with honey and creme fraiche for dessert. And, of course, a great white wine. :D
Leek, pain de campagne, figs, honey, cepes (mushrooms) and sage.
These are cepes or porcini mushrooms. In the States, you can usually find them dried, and they must be rehydrated before use.
Tomorrow, we take the train to Dijon for our excursion in the Burgundy wine region.
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