The Paris Miniatures blog - handmade miniature cakes, pastries and other tiny food
Apples, pears, grapes (wine producers are currently harvesting their grapes) and a fig.
Part II - Lunchtime!
The cider is poured into bowls and not glasses - a first for Miniman so used to English pub pint glasses! And at 10% a.b.v. combined with empty tummies and the burning sun, it didn't take long for the cider to rush to our heads!
They were enormous, a bit too large for the plates! Although it may not look like much from the outside, this monster was packed with scrambled egg, melted "emmental" cheese and lardons, but you could make your own fillings from a generous list of options.
Miniman went for the caramelised apple with Chantilly cream and a scoop of caramel ice cream.
We experienced a new taste sensation, hot chocolate sauce eaten with a sprig of fresh mint...
...total heaven, a bit like the most luxurious After Eight mint you could ever imagine! Try it.
With another gloriously sunny day arriving out of the blue yesterday, we took the opportunity to visit the medieval town of Compiègne.
As mid-day rang out, the restaurants and bistros quickly filled up with diners eager to take advantage of the terraces.
If we told you that between us we'd eaten six whole croissants and six generously filled pains au chocolat you'd probably start to worry for our cholesterol levels...
Don't worry! These delicious golden buttery delights are "mini-viennoiserie", about a third of the size of their full-sized counterparts!
For our French readers, they came from "Leader Price" and come highly recommended! Fifteen minutes in the oven from frozen and you'd swear they came direct from a baker's oven.
The dessert / cappuccino plates are grouped together here
Oh...
We returned with nearly a kilo of blackberries from just this one small bush. No doubt we'll be off again the next dry day we get...
