I recently went to Paris for a work trip and ate so much while I was there. The portions of serving were huge, so I tried my best to order mainly dishes with vegetables to get enough fibre throughout the day. We had crepe-like galettes, filled with spinach and cheese, vegetarian momos at a rather authentic Tibetan eatery, grilled octopus in curry sauce (the octopus was really delectable!), French sweet desserts, grilled vegetables tomato pasta, an atas lunch which served great risotto etc. On my last night there, a huge plate of eight slices of foccacia with avocado, ham, rocket leaves and shaved cheese toppings was served to me, alone. I had thought that most antipasti dishes were small dishes – appetisers. I was so wrong. I only finished the toppings and one slice of foccacia anyway. And brought the rest of them home since I was going to fly out the next morning. What a gastronomic adventure! It wouldn’t have been possible, really, without the great company I had during the trip.

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