Happy New Year 2009

After our 4-day stay in Paris, we departed for Le Mans. It takes a little less than an hour from Paris by TGV. This part of our holiday was very much relaxed and it’s all about spending quality of time with the family and enjoying good food.

For Christmas eve’s dinner, we started with a bottle of champagne and some petit fours salés. Petit fours salés are bite-sized salted appetizers and are usually served as part of apéritif (apéritif is an alcoholic drink that is usually served to stimulate the appetite before meal). We had so much of food that we were full by 10-ish and then watching TV while the clock was ticking away. We had to wait till midnight to open our presents!

Avocado mousse and shrimps verrine

Foie Gras, Blinis, and Onion Chutney

Prawns and Smoked Salmon

Seabass and Sweet Potato Purée

La Buche de Noël (Yule Log)

The next day, we had Christmas lunch. I promise myself that I need to lose weight after all these! So, this is really one of my resolutions for 2009! 🙂 Overall, it was a great Christmas and a short break in France that I always love! 🙂