上周没有更新很多人来关心，觉得很感动！上周去了巴黎小小的休息了几天，不过积累了非常非常多的内容会在接下来几天更新给大家！Lofter的模版只允许放10张照片，可其实每一片文章我都有远远超过10张的照片想给大家看！所以，如果情况允许，大家可以试试看在我的Blogger：“http://it-is-sweetchili.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/first-dinner-in-paris-and-some-touristy.html”看这篇文章哦！

巴黎的第一餐竟然选择了日本料理！但是我绝对没有后悔这么做。没有菜单，没有餐桌，只有两个主厨，一个寿司吧，和14张高脚椅。去了就坐下来，选好酒水，厨师就开始一道一道的往你面前送菜。每一道都精致的摆盘，选择最最好的食材，放到嘴里，突然觉得自己是中华小当家里的某个角色，会看到海浪或者飞出外太空之类之类的。投入全身心的吃完将近20道菜后，觉得实在有些累，于是开心的投入旅馆的床上，休息准备迎接接下来几天的巴黎之行！：）

PS：如果刚好在巴黎或者有前往旅行的计划，这家店绝对是我大力推荐：名字叫Jin，脸书网页：链接，电话： +33 1 42 61 60 71。

价格不菲，一个人135欧元，不含酒水，也没有选择，当然不是随随便便每天都会考虑的就餐位置。但是如果喜欢这样的，严肃品尝美食美酒的气氛，或者有什么特别值得纪念庆祝的日子，这里真的是非常好的选择！

We arrived in Paris at Gare du Nord at dusk. The temperature in the air does not feel like November, and it made all the Christmas trees in the street seem unreal. 

Staying at the heart of town just off Place Vendome, we decided to take an aimless window shopping walk around our area until popping into any restaurant that looked interesting enough for a quick first evening dinner.

The magic of Paris turned me completely in to the tourist mode(although I was indeed a tourist). I was so up for all the cliche touristy photos. You name it, designer shop display windows, Christmas decorations, wicker chairs outside a Parisian bistro, the Lourve... I took pictures with all!

And all too soon, I could feel my stomach starting to rumble. I was at the time 100% ready for some snails and fresh bread and butter when I saw the humble sign of this Japanese restaurant called 链接, almost hiding in one of those dark, narrow backstreets.

There's something about the place, an unspeakable kind of charm and sincereness. It took me no time to decide that, forget about snails, I wanted to eat there. And I have to say, it did not disappoint. 

Now about this place, let's get a few things straight first. 

1. Jin is not a cheap place to dine in. In fact, the menu is 135 euros per head, that's not including drinks.

2. Jin offers the best quality of service, in a very Japanese way. In other words, you probably won't get a big loud warm smily greeting from your waiter as you might do at an Italian restaurant. What you will get though, is 200% attention from your chef and waiter. Every empty plate is immediately replaced with a new one with your next course; every cup/glass half full(or half empty I heard if you were a pessimist?! :)))) is topped up before you next reach for it. But they do it in such a discreet manner that, you'll only realise the existence of their service until you need them.

3. Jin doesn't give you much choice, on food. They have a fixed menu, almost. You'll get to choose a starter from a choice of two. And for the other 10+ courses, you eat whatever that's presented in front of you. But on the other hand, you have all the choices when it comes to your drink. I tried warm and cold sake, whisky, shochu and tea throughout dinner. Each drink was presented in its own container in its unique way. Every piece was like an art in its own right. 

So finally, how was food like?

I chose my starter tuna with carviar, over the white truffle soup. The carviar gave perfect season to the raw tuna tartar. The two combined together was sweet and fresh, yet stimulating on the palate. Before that, I'd already had the first two starters with king crabs. First one was a salad with lightly pickled cauliflower, and second one a crab soup with mushroom and chive.

Bringing the entire ocean to my mouth were these following two dishes: Poached abalone with sea urchin, and marinated Scottish oysters with long beans. Both of these, simple, elegant and powerful, literately blew my mind when I put them in my mouth. I had to take a break after the two, and ordered myself a stronger liqueur, sipping away, getting ready for the main event.

Then it came a stream of fishes, I mean, nigiri. They came one by one from light coloured meat to strong coloured tunas and finished with the salmon. The chef watched you closely as you picked up and ate each one of them, and immediately put a new one on your plate. There's no need for extra wasabi or soy sauce, as each one was prepared with the perfect seasoning when it came on the table from your dedicated chef. 

After all the nigiri, you finish off with some rice with tuna, a miso soup(but only just the best ever miso soup you'll every taste!), an egg and yam cake, and finally a fig dessert. 

Well I've kept the descriptions rather simple, because, look how long it is already! And I really want to keep the rest for you to try when you go there yourself. The restaurant is called 链接, located in Rue de la Sourdiere. I say definitely book before you go, as there are only about 14 seats in there. But the experience will be amazing as you'll get to watch the greatest chefs work in such close distance. By the end of it, although you may have never talked, you'll feel like you already have a personal relationship with them.

To be honest, a dinner like that can be quite exhausting, taking into account the great degree of focus you've placed on enjoying the food! I was glad that jump into my hotel bed afterwards:) 

More of Paris(and the fashion bits) will be coming up next:)