Paul says I have written too much about stuff not tied into vegetarian cooking. Perhaps he's right, but blogging is an easy way to keep track of a diary of my trip--with and without food. Anyway, we were busy little travelers, and that yielded little opportunity to visit all of the restaurants on our list. We were sorry about that, but we were only able to eat three meals a day because French restaurants keep strict lunch and dinner hours.
The following are the restaurants on our list to visit and why we were unable to do so.
- Maoz (Paris)-A chain falafel restaurant that other people in our group visited and loved-we ran out of time
- La Briciola(Paris)-A pizza joint recommended by David Lebovitz that I wanted to visit because they say the French can't make pizza. Judging by experience, I'd say that opinion is generally true-Unfortunately, Friday was just too busy.
- Krishna Bhavan (Paris)-a vegetarian Indian restaurant Brina really wanted to visit, but our feet were too tired to even ride the metro.
- Tien Hiang (Paris)-a vegan Chinese restaurant that was supposed to be our backup if we were really struggling for food.
- Cantorbery (Dinan)-Highly recommended, but no vegetarian options appeared to be on the menu
- Le Bistrot du Viaduc (Dinan)-Great reviews, but didn't take the time to walk up the hill to look at the menu. It was quite far from the center of town.
- Crêperie "La Cour St Sauveur" (Dinan)-Top of our list, but closed for the month of March!
Mind you, this doesn't mean we had a bad experience. On the contrary, there were only two dining experiences that I would prefer not to relive. Stay tuned.
Recommendation:
If you go during the off season, call up the restaurants you plan to eat at for openings ahead of time using Skype or Google Voice. The money and time spent in America making sure your taste buds are accomodated will save headaches later.
