Good Food and Deliberate Dudes, July 16th

So today started at the perfect time-noon. I finally caught up on sleep and got to get up nice and late! Caroline and I did a classic Boulangerie run where I tried a Chausson aux Pommes which is like a little apple hand pie-so good. It was like a puff pastry outside filled with apples, while I anticipated a traditional apple pie filling this filling was actually a more apple sauce consistency. It was still lovely, as apple sauce here is much better like most ingredients in general. This pastry gets a 10/10 for possibly being my new favorite. The mid part of the day was spent in a quiet way of simply doing homework. But once that was completed Caroline and I decided to grab Tori and make a trip to the Jardin du Luxembourg and possibly to eat after. After wrangling Tori into our plan we made the quick trip over. The weather was really good with a nice pleasant breeze and I'm so grateful! All in all the Jardins were so nice and idyllic, the palm trees gave me slight LA vibes but I welcome that of course! Then on our quest to for food we headed towards I restaurant I'd looked up online but found an Italian spot Fuxia on the way and after browsing the menu decided that would be good. After some deliberation I chose shrimp and asparagus risotto and I think it's been the best meal yet. Stop the presses you guys. Easy 10/10 for being my favorite meal thus far but let me delve into the details. It was nice and loose the way a true risotto should be, but it wasn't overly saucy like the zucchini one I enjoyed earlier in the trip. It was creamy without being too heavy to eat during the summer. The shrimp were cooked so well, they had the tail on which I could've done without for obvious reasons but the creamy, shrimpy, perfection of it all I cannot be mad! I enjoyed it with a glass of presecco and just to note this place also had wonderful bread. On the way home us girls missed a train because we were admiring the window into the station, then another passed without stopping for us. Upon our return home I quickly finished my appeal when there was a loud knock on the door. Tori was over already so we expected no one, then within a minute or so we heard speaking from outside our window. We all became thoroughly freaked out and had to walk Tori home in a phone flashlight, plastic knife welding gang-serious stuff.

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