18 Jan

Brunch consisted of: appetisers of beef and/or chicken satay skewers, fruit and herbed prawn with a mixed fennel and tomato salad. Mains were a choice of Tubot Meuniere (signature dish by Amandine Chaignot, with mashed carrot and vanilla coconut kaffir lime sauce), Stuffed Beef w. Porcini Mushrooms (signature dish by Michel Quaissac, with roasted potatoes, sautéed porcini mushrooms, baby tomato and mushroom sauce), Seared Chicken Breast (filled with mozzarella and spinach, served with herb potato ratte, roasted root veggies and mushroom sauce) and Lamb Briyani. Mum had the...

19:38 / Dessert/Sweets / French / KL / Malaysia Airlines
15 Jan

We looked out for a bakery on the way to the McArthur Glen factory outlets. We stopped by the first one we saw and I was tossing up between baguette Finlandaise (€1.07) and baguette Régal (€1.30). I didn’t know what they were and simply picked the Finlandaise. In hindsight, maybe I should have gone for the more expensive Régal. It seemed like the Finlandaise just had poppy seeds in it. Dad got a Nepolian or something. It was a folded pastry that turned out to have some sort...

11:31 / Bread / Dessert/Sweets / France / Troyes
10 Jan

We visited Gourdes, another Roman-influenced town. Mum bought a custard tart and a ‘crocodile’ with almonds and pistachios for €2 something each from Boulangerie Mamie Jane. The ‘crocodile’ actually has hazelnuts in it too. There’s another green ingredient, which wasn’t pistachio, but I’m not sure what it is. The texture reminded me of chocolate. [caption id="attachment_5678" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Custard Tart and ‘Crocodile’ w. Almonds And Pistachios[/caption]...

11:12 / Boulangerie Mamie Jane / Dessert/Sweets / France / Gourdes
09 Jan

I wanted to see if I could find a savoury fougasse, but the olive and herb one they had looked a bit sad, and I wasn’t interested in the fougasse feuille. Instead, I bought a provencal miel et amandes (€2.20), which was like a slice with a biscuity base, a layer of honey paste and a sliced almond topping. It was pretty nice, though too sweet to eat too much at once. It reminded me of honey joys, which isn't surprising seeing as they both have honey. [caption id="attachment_5669"...

16:07 / Avignon / Dessert/Sweets / France
09 Jan

[caption id="attachment_5898" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Sugar Fougasse from Bergese[/caption] There were many bakeries in St-Remy-De-Provence that were under the Festival des Pains banner. The first thing I bought was a fougasse sucre (€1.80?) from Bergese. It was a bit like donut dough, but a bit lighter. I think fougasse is normally a flat bread, but this one was quite puffy. [caption id="attachment_5896" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Croute w. Almonds and Pistachios, Sacristain[/caption] Further down rue Carnot we came another bakery/patisserie where mum bought a croque with almonds and pistachios (€2) and a sacristain (€2)....

11:05 / Bergese / Bread / Dessert/Sweets / St-Remy-De-Provence
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