巴黎主打时令蔬食的米其林三星Arpège － Hotel Henriette的床垫被单都太舒服了，加上Wildfox的好像第二层皮肤的睡衣，整个起不了床。不是为了大名鼎鼎的Arpège午餐，差一点就想睡过一上午了。这个米其林三星餐厅， 所有食材来自主厨自己在巴黎郊外的农田，自己种蔬菜和饲养一些适合养殖的农场动物。一整套品尝菜单既可以选择全素食，实在无肉不欢的人也可以要求在菜品里添加鱼或肉，但最后上到餐桌上的菜式，则是主厨Alain Passard给大家的小惊喜。
特地选择了大大的伞裙为大吃一顿做好了十足的准备：）
搭配
Jumper
// ASOS Chunky Rib Jumper with V-Neck //
// esk women’s june short sleeved cashmere sweater in orange (heavily discounted) //
Shirt
// Premium Linen Long Sleeve Shirt from Uniqlo //
Skirt
// Oasis Stripe Skater Skirt on ASOS //
Bag
// M2MALLETIER Fabricca mini Leopard-print Calf Hair Shoulder Bag on Outnet.com //
// J.W. ANDERSON Logo Plaque Shoulder Bag on Farfetch.com //
// Grace Leopard Lurex from Kurt Geiger //
Boots
// Acne Leather Boots from Mytheresa.com //
// SportMax Knee-high Boots from Matchesfashion.com //
舒服到脱不下来的睡衣：
// Wildfox Women's Morning Person 25th December Pyjama Set from Coggles.com //
The first morning I woke up in Paris, I felt GREAT! When we travel abroad, we always complain about how the hotel beds/pillows/mattress/duvets don't match the standard we expected. And you're always left with a sleepless night or a backache in the morning. But then when the things are actually good, we don't tend to take any notice. Well, at Hotel Henriette, a good night sleep passed without being noticed, and all that I was left with in the morning, was the reluctant feeling to get out of that soft, yet firm(if you know what I mean) and fluffy bed.
Anyways I had to get up in the end, for lunch. Even my motivational PJ didn't help me to get up early.
Morning person pyjama from Wildfox:
// Wildfox Women's Morning Person 25th December Pyjama Set from Coggles.com //
The PJ set uses the typical soft fabric that Wildfox is famous for. It was a little bit of a struggle getting out of them. Luckily, the outfit for the day was a rather comfortable one too.
Jumper
// ASOS Chunky Rib Jumper with V-Neck //
// esk women’s june short sleeved cashmere sweater in orange (heavily discounted) //
Shirt
// Premium Linen Long Sleeve Shirt from Uniqlo //
Skirt
// Oasis Stripe Skater Skirt on ASOS //
Bag
// M2MALLETIER Fabricca mini Leopard-print Calf Hair Shoulder Bag on Outnet.com //
// J.W. ANDERSON Logo Plaque Shoulder Bag on Farfetch.com //
// Grace Leopard Lurex from Kurt Geiger //
Boots
// Acne Leather Boots from Mytheresa.com //
// SportMax Knee-high Boots from Matchesfashion.com //
So we headed out for lunch at the Arpège. Situated on the beautiful rue de Varenne, a stone throw from the Musée Rodin, the Arpège is 3 Michelin-starred creation of Alain Passard. If you decide to spend a day at the Rodin museum, and are in the mood for some serious fine dining, culinary adventure, the place has to be the best answer to your prayer.
The restaurant adopts a very classy, understated elegance. The very much all white front without any obvious signage sticking out of the wall made it easily overseen by our driver. But we found it anyway, and on time too(thank god).
Vegetables take place of the usual choice of fresh flowers on the tables. And the thick and heavy wine book(/dictionary) says a lot about what kind of place this is too.I'll leave it to you to make up your mind about whether it's yay or nay for broccoli as a centre piece.
We went for tasting menus, but my friends went for a menu with meat, the other with fish, while I requested all vegetarian.
Soon after the orders were made, the dishes came in small tasting portions, none stop with a great flow from one to the next. The amount of service staff was more than the number of customers in the room at a point. Everybody made sure an empty plate was immediately replaced with a full one, and that every customer's glass was filled at a satisfactory level. Every dish was utterly creative, something that's likely new to your tastebud, but at the same time simple, fresh and pleasant. My personal favourite, or most memorable dishes had to be the beetroot nigiri, vegetarian lasagne with argon oil, and one of the desserts with marinated orange topped with Sichuan peppers.
The whole lunch developed into an unforgettable 4-hour dining experience. In the end we were all left way too full to finish all the desserts, and a good walk in the neighbourhood was desperately in need.