Mellow Yellow

With all this bad weather in Paris we are all in need of some sun. On this last day of May here is a little sunny mood board to hopefully bring us some sunnier days in June.

Bus Palladium

Not so long ago some friends came over from London for a long weekend. One of them was celebrating her 30th Birthday. To celebrate the occasion we wanted to go somewhere where we could have a nice meal and party in a nice setting.  A great place to go would of been at the Bizz'Art, however I had been so many time before I wanted to try something new.We decided to book a table at the Bus Pallidum. None of us had been before so we thought it would be a good idea to give it a try. We were not disappointed, the decor was on point and so was the service. It was decorated in a vintage chic style  that gave it all a great sexy, relaxed vibe. I espically loved the funky bathroom with it's beautiful flowery wallpaper and the original roll top bath as a sink. We had a great table, I would say the best table in the house. The menu offered a good selection of dishes (usual Paris prices between 8 - 11 euros for starters and 15-25  euros for mains), nothing overly exciting but still good. I ordered a toasted chevre salad for starters and the classic Tartare de boeuf for mains. I was very impressed with the Tartare, it was one of the best I had ever had, yummy. We drank rose through out the meal and ended with coffee and cakes. After that we headed downstairs to the nightclub/concert area and danced the night away. I would definitely recommend the Bus Palladium for a good night out on the town.

Bus Palladium
6 Rue Pierre Fontaine
75009 Paris
www.lebuspalladium.com

Restaurant La Famille

A couple of weeks ago I met up with friends for a night out on the town. We decided to book a table at a new restaurant that we had never tried called 'La Famille'. The restaurant is right next to the Sacre Coeur (it's seems that I'm going there a lot lately) it's not a very big place and seeing as we were 9 we had a big table next to the bar at the front of the restaurant.  This was fine at the beginning of the night but toward 10 o'clock the place seemed more like a crammed bar than a restaurant. The restaurant/bar is known for it's crazzzzy cocktails. We ordered a few and we weren't dissapointed. Ok they are not cheap, but normal for Paris prices (9 euros each), they are made up of a fresh fruit smoothies, alcohol and a variety of sweets, a real twist on the classic mojito. The food was ok, nothing special. It started with a small soup mise en bouche which was a nice suprise. I then had marinated salmon as a starter and fish pie for the main course. The portions where small for the price. For both courses it came to just under 30 euros. 

Restaurant La Famille
http://restaurantlafamille.fr
41 rue des Trois frères
75018 Paris

Beautiful Butterfly part 2

From a chrysalis to a beautiful butterfly landing and emerging into patterns