We all know how much I like markets. I got up at 4:30 to go meet
the bus, as it was our turn as Superior students to go to Rungis. Rungis is the
wholesale market for restaurants and food sellers that is just outside
of Paris. It's the largest market in the world at a whopping 232
hectares or almost 574 acres. There are lots of other fun facts and
figures about it and you can find them all at
www.rungisinternational.com.

When we got there, we were already too late to see the fish
market, which was a bummer. We did get to see three of the meat
pavilions, the cheese building (yum!), the produce pavilions, and the
cut flower building.It was a lot of fun, even though we had to get up
in the middle of the night to go and wear paper coats and hats as
protective measures for the food. All the workers were in a really
great mood and were still cheering and honking their fork lift horns
over France's victory. I was dying over the products- everything was
so fresh and beautiful. Although I would hate the pressure and the
math involved with being a buyer for a restaurant, it would be pretty
cool to really shop at this place.

After coming home and taking a nap, I went back to school to see a
demonstration by guest chef William Ledeuil from a very good and
reputable restaurant in Paris called Ze Kitchen Galerie. He is all
about modern food that is so Asian fusion it is almost completely
Asian. It was fun to watch someone cook who is a huge success and who
ritualistically throws all the staunch French food rules and
conventions out the window. He used all kinds of products that I
didn't know or have ever used. I am very inspired to go to the Asian
market and try some of his ideas. He has written a cookbook, which is
only available in French, that is absolutely gorgeous. It will be
mine.

After watching the fun, non-French cooking, Jen and I
decided to continue the non-French trend and went out for Korean food.
Somedays, it's pretty fun to do only food stuff.