Today we went out in the afternoon with the intention of going for a walk up to the place de la République to people-watch and have a drink. We walked for two blocks and we saw mobs of people at the Carreau du Temple. You may remember last year we made mention of this old covered steel and glass market that was built in 1868. It had been restored and reopened just this year. Click
here for more info. There were hundreds and hundreds of people both outside on the streets and inside the building attending the
Street Food Temple. They subtitled it Le Culte de la Cuisine de Rue. There dozens and dozens of street food vendors of all types both inside the building and outside in the streets surrounding it. We went inside and walked around to marvel at all the different kinds of street food you oould find there. We tried some ice cream first. We chose two unusual flavors. One was a kind of dark chocolate called Dark Side and the other was a Mojito, part of it included mint. We later got two bottles of Badoit water and some special Breton cakes called
"far" which we took home. Here are some photos of this event.
A sign announcing the event and telling about how you had to buy tokens in order to make purchases.
The glass roof of the restored building.
A view of a small part of the hall.
A display of different cookware.
Another display dealing with food.
A third part of the large display
Here are some of the individual vendors. This one is called La Glace Mobile, the IceCreammobile.
This one is selling pralines. Notice it is Fifi la Praline.
The DJ providing music for the Hall.
The wine vendor.
Here they are selling the liqueur called Ricard. Click
here to learn about it.
Here we have veggie hot dogs.
Finally, a view of another part of the large selling area.
We spent almost 2 hours in the food hall, tasting, watching people and checking out all of the various food choices at the many different food stands. We never got to the place de la République. We just went back to the apartment.
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