My Paris Life This Week

I just got back from Piscine Pontoise this morning.

I have not been for months and months but it sure felt good to get my feet 🦶 wet.

Fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques à Montmartre 2025

 

This past weekend I went to the Fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques à Montmartre , always held next to Metro Abbesses.

Two days in a row! An absolute first time for me.

Marché couvert de Passy and Moule Marinières

 

It’s a classic French tradition to have platters of fresh oysters, shrimp, lobster, crab known as fruits de mer on New Years Eve.

I went looking for moules/mussels in the 16th arrondissement at Marché de Passy on New Years Eve day. The covered market is open every day but Monday, so if you need of some good seafood take the Metro to Muette.

I was surprised to see as many as 3-4 Poissonnière stands.

Teams were madly filling New Year’s Eve orders 

Of the most gorgeous platters of seafood. 

The place was buzzing with last minute customers buying luxe goodies for their soirées.

Beautiful displays of caviar.

And smoked salmon. Did they sell out?

Gillardeau is one of the top brand of oyster producers in France.

This is an upper crust marché and the veg are just as stunning.

I cleaned them out of the Bouchot mussels from the bay of Mont Saint Michel.

Moules Marinières is one of the easiest French dishes you can make.

2 pounds of mussels rinsed and de-bearded.

Throw the chopped veg (chopped celery, 4 chopped shallots, some chopped parsley and a couple of thinly sliced garlic cloves) into a pot with a lump of butter. Sauté a few minutes. 

*Include 1 bay leaf 

But NO ADDED SALT. 

The mussels will be salty on their own.

Add a cup of white wine🥂 or French cidre…nothing fancy

Add your mussels and cover the pot

In about 5+ minutes the mussels should be fully open and the broth steaming.

Et voila. À table.

Or you could have fruits de mer on Etsy…

❤️😊🐻🍾🥂Have a very Happy 2022 dear PBers🥂🍾🐻😊❤️