This weekend, one of my friends since Elementary school (Colleen) came and visited me in Lyon with one of her friends, Barbara. After picking them up at the Part Dieu train station, we went back to my apartment to leave their stuff off, and then made our way to Bellecour (the heart of the city) to look around at all of the little stores and grab dinner.
Statue in the center of the Bellecour town square
Bellecour
We walked around Bellecour for a while, got some Starbucks, and finally decided on eating at a restaurant called Le Saint Joseph. For dinner, I had a salad with chévre (goat cheese), and a Lyonnais specialty called "quenelle." I was under the impression that this was fish, but actually, it is fish that has basically gone in a food processor with other ingredients such as breadcrumbs, and then boiled to make a dumpling of sorts. It was interesting, but not something that I think I would want to order again. For dessert, we had a chocolate cake of sorts- very dense, but not very chocolate-y, so it was a good combination- in a sauce, which I could only describe as almost a think melted vanilla ice cream. The three courses combined were a total of around 18 euros, which was a pretty good deal.
Salad with chévre
Pike quenelle with rice
Dessert!
Me and Barbara at dinner
Me and Colleen outside Le Saint Joseph's
Afterwards, we went back to the apartment and went to bed. I'll make part 2 soon to tell about Saturday's adventures! - Beverly
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