Tuesday, December 15, 2015

A Missing Teahouse Found 12-15-15

Today was a day to find the missing teahouse we had wanted to see a few months ago.  It's the teahouse associated with the Grand Mosque down in the 5th arr.  The first time we went we were unable to find it, even though the description had it in the "corner" of the mosque.  However not long back we were on a bus and we spotted it, it was ON the corner of the mosque not IN the corner of the Mosque.
Our bus took us right to Gare d'Austerlitz which is next to the Jardin des Plantes, and the National Museum of Natural History (more on that later).  The jardin is right across the street from the teahouse.
So our plan was to go to the Museum of Natural History and then stop in at the teahouse for a late lunch.  We got off the bus and walked over to the museum only to find out that it's closed on Tuesdays, Deb has been having a problem with her translation of days lately, so we walked over to the teahouse and had a very good lunch.  Our walk through the jardin was very pleasant as the sun was out and there were a number of plants blooming.
At the teahouse we both had tagines for lunch, Deb's was kefta (meatballs) and I had chicken with plums and almonds, both delicious.  After lunch we walked around the neighborhood and found Tuile a Loup, which is a very famous shop selling hand thrown pottery. Deb read about it 15 years ago in Gourmet when it was still in print and had always wanted to see it.
We also purchased tickets for our field trip to Chartres tomorrow.

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