le dejeuner (lunch)

I took a peek at the cantine today.  It's all decked out like a wedding reception.  There are about 6 round tables, all set for 6-8 diners.  Each place setting has a knife and fork, as well as a water glass (glass, not plastic) and a white china plate.  There is a glass carafe at the center of each table along with a basket full of bread.  This is the cantine at Gaius' school, not the one where Christopher works.  AMAZING!


Here is a typical weekly menu at Gaius' school (click to enlarge):

Please note that everyday there is a cheese course!  Gaius will eat lunch in the cantine on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.  So, it's a double dose of turkey for him.  Do you think they feed the kids so much turkey to make them tired?  Just saying...


The cantine at CNRS where Christopher works is just as nice.  The cantine is located in a round building:

After lunch, you can sit outside and sip espresso at the outdoor café.

One nice thing about where Christopher works is that all of his co-workers eat lunch together in the cantine everyday.  It's especially great for Christopher, since he gets to practice speaking French with them.  

The food in the CNRS cantine is very good.  They serve about 4 different entrées everyday, one of which is usually a fish dish.  When I ate there last week, I had the Toulouse-style sausage kebab with roasted potatoes and green beans.  I also had an apple strip tart for dessert.  All this for €3,65, which is about half of what we pay for Gaius' lunch at school.  They sell wine at the cantine at Christopher's work.  I'm assuming they don't serve wine at Gaius' cantine.  But you never know!

Today, I picked up Gaius for lunch and we ate together at home.  We had one of our all time favorite dishes, fried rice with ham, egg and peas!

à bientôt!