Birthday dinner

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Mike, I couldn't leave you hanging for even one meal. After Lucy had time to settle, we walked down the street to a place called L'Hedoniste (41 rue Carnot). They specialize in seafood. You can have several different sea creatures prepared in a delectable variety of ways. Lucy had shrimp who were served dancing on a stage of rice. I had moules frit, which is mussels served with fries on the side. My mussels came steaming in a pot with sweet onions and a thin basil-cream sauce. I might have liked it a tad less salty, but I got past that minor shortcoming by introducing bits of baguette to the mix. For dessert I had a chilled ganache that was sprinkled with pecans and rolled in a tortilla, sliced into medallions and served with creme anglaise and whipped cream. Lucy had some profiteroles. Both were chocolate heaven.

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Photos

My dessert
iPhone picture is a little blurry. Not sure I would have used a tortilla, but the ganache was Josh-worthy

Lucy's profiteroles
also a blurry iPhone picture. Not the best for shooting in dim places.