First, a big merci to Parn for providing us with the details for planning this picnic! We had originally planned to visit Caractere de Cochon for a sandwich following a visit to the Musée Picasso. Parn suggested also stopping at Le Marché Des Enfants Rouges for more food and having a picnic at Square du Temple. Which we did. We then walked to Centre Pompidou, especially to see the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit, and finished with hot chocolate for me, wine for Jerry atop the Pompidou at Georges where we soaked in some beautiful views.
Caractere de Cochon
This place is literally the size of a closet. Its vêtements, however, are ham - both smoked and cooked, all types of sausages and some wine and cheese for good measure. The shopkeeper (who I am guessing is the owner) was a character like his cochons. He photobombed Jerry in a shot I was taking from across the street before we even stepped inside. With so many different types of ham to choose from, I asked if we could have two different types in one sandwich. That was a firm NO. We only wanted to split one sandwich (our wonderful trad dinner from the night before was making us less hungry) so I chose rosemary ham with Comté cheese on one half for Jerry, and mine without.
Rosemary Ham, Signboard, Ham Case, Hot Sausages, Sandwich Counter, Sandwich Ready
Wait a minute, let’s go back… what is that container of murky looking stuff on the left of the counter??
Didn’t notice that when we there. Moving on, we then stopped at Le Marché Des Enfants Rouges, a combination Farmers Market with fresh fruit and vegetables and nook of little food counters. Among the veggies, a box of fresh garlic was singing my song. The garlic in the supermarkets where I live is dreadful, rotten, old, not worth buying. But here was a glorious box of garlic freshness, I wanted to buy it all to bring back home. Sadly, Jerry would have no part of that, so I had to pass on it. I did however, get some gorgeous strawberries.
