Mad's here!

We walked around and i tried to take her to the worlds largest flea market which is right around the corner but it opens tomorrow. Now she's taking a nap so i uploaded some photos. I went to Spring yesterday, it was good, but not great. It's a tiny joint that holds 16. Supposedly they are booked till October but i guess not for the 2 days they do lunch, i was able to get a reso a week before. It is a one sitting and everyone gets the same courses. I read somewhere that Daniel who is the owner/chef figured a small place with this kind of sitting was the only way he could have absolute control over every little thing. I like that. He cooks right in the little open kitchen so you can see everything. The quality of the ingredients were incredible, but the portions were small. When i got there i was worried about eating too much bread while i waited. If i hadn't had eaten the bread i would have left hungry. Also all of the little shrimp on the sea bass need to be the kind with shells on for that extra snap and flavor. Without the shells the shrimp are pretty pointless. The wines he recommended were good crisp whites, excellent for when you only woke up an hour before. All in all it was good, and i'm sure it's out of this world on some days depending on what he uses that day. If you come alone, they sit you with other solos and i sat with 2 nice ladies that were from the U.S. who had been living in paris for quite some time. I usually like to eat alone but these ladies were nice and smart and knew a lot about good restaurants around and i shared mine with them. By the end we had our pens and notebooks out and were writing down restaurants and drawing maps. Later that nite CC and I had dinner at this neighborhood place we went to last year, M Comme Martine on rue Cardinet. Incredible and about half the price as Spring. It is an italian-french place that serves bowls of cheesy risotto that CC cant get enough of. I got the sea bass carpaccio and then veal liver. Both were out of this world. The veal liver is like in between chicken liver and duck liver, not as grainy as chicken liver but not as smooth as duck. Fairly mild too, at least for a liver. First time for me and i was really impressed. For dessert i had this extremely bitter chocolate pie that i liked a lot, but was way too bitter for CC. I googled the place later and could not find much on it. I was surprised. I think it is as good and good a deal as my other favorite restaurant L'Affriole. Tonite CC wants to take her parents to the Bourdain place, Chez Robert et Louisse.