Twice a week at Place Baudoyer where my local outdoor market is, Francois makes the freshest, most scrumptious, and authentic paella. He sets up his truck on Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons and makes the paella from scratch with spicy sausage, jumbo shrimp, fresh mussels,red & green peppers, bay leaves, rice, peas, and the most tender chicken parts. A huge portion for one, which is actually enough for two, costs only 7 euros. My Saturday morning ritual is to buy his paella for lunch. I salivate as he scoops the steaming hot paella into the container and then I run home, ripping open the plastic wrap and stuffing my face as fast as humanly possible.
Francois also prepares excellent beef Bourguignon, chicken fricassee, chicken stew with white beans, and big sausages with lentils, but for me his shining star is the paella.
Francois's Paella Truck
Baudoyer market
Place Baudoyer, between rue de Rivoli & rue Francois Miron, 4th arr.
Metro:Hotel de Ville, St. Paul
Open Saturday 7AM-3PM- Note: paella is not ready till about 11:30AM
Wednesday 3PM-8:30PM
Beef Bourguignon
Sausage with lentils
Chicken with white beans
Francois the master chef preparing his famous paella
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook. First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotte’s professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 3 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
Hi Richard...why was your the first post I read today..oh boy it has made me hungry and made me miss Paris even more...I can taste the Paella ..my friend and I had that from one of the markets the day we left to return to the Uk, she had never seen anything like it...oh and the taste it was delightful!
Posted by: anne | October 14, 2009 at 08:49 AM
Is he married? He is cute.
Posted by: juana | October 14, 2009 at 02:36 PM
where do you find these guys? One is more gorgeous than the next. Is it a prerequisite that one is handsome before they can be written about in your blog?
Posted by: Arlene | October 14, 2009 at 02:37 PM
Ok so I am not going to comment on Francois but say that his paella looks scrumptious! xv
Posted by: vicki archer | October 14, 2009 at 04:21 PM