Leon de Bruxelles; La Defense

S is back in s'pore for the week to run some errands. Lucky her. Able to eat kway chap hokkien mee and the likes. *drools* 3 weeks in and I'm already missing food back home so much! Grr. But I'm also not doing that bad la. Heading over to London tmr to visit my cousin Elaine :D So nice of her to put me up at her place. Will be chiong-ing the chinese food there! Received many food recommendations already so the excitement is boiling. Expecting to spend the bulk of my $ on eating. Wheee..

Ok back to Paris. S' friend Charmaine (when she was here last week) wanted to bring us to this mussel place at Champs Elysees but couldn't find it. So S and I returned another day and managed to locate the not-so-elusive-afterall restaurant. Gosh we loved it. If you're ever in Paris, please go for it. Cheap (by europe standard) for its quality and quantity! So good we patronized it again the next day. Aha. 1 pot has at least 50 mussels. More than enough for 2 persons. We were just saying how we weren't really fans of mussels as they're usually overcooked/tough (like when cooked in seafood spaghetti etc.) But this was soft and juicy and tasty! No fishy clammy taste at all. Chose the white wine base but will definitely do the tomato base some time. Cold prawn appetizer & fried smelts (small fish) were not bad as well. Not forgetting the unlimited fries.

Name: Leon De Bruxelles

Location: Champs-Elysees

Website: www.leon-de-bruxelles.fr

Total expenditure: 30€

And here are just some photos of the La Defense area where I'm putting up right now. The Grande Arche de la Defense. Huge structure/building that houses many offices as you can see from the windows on the inside.

La Defense is actually outside Paris but you can still see the Arc de Triomphe. In fact, you can see the Arc and the Eiffel Tower from almost anywhere in Paris! Just shows you how small Paris is.