12 Jan

I wanted to try a bouchon, which is a restaurant that serves Lyonnaise dishes. Looking up what typical Lyonnaise cuisine was, I didn’t expect to really, really enjoy it, but I thought we should try it because we’re here. I’d heard that the servings at Le Bouchon des Filles were big and there wasn’t any option other than the €25 4 course meal, so we shared two of the meals between the three of us. They told us that they don’t normally allow that, but because it was...

22:19 / Food / France / French / Le Bouchon des Filles / Lyon / Restaurants
11 Jan

As we tried to translate the menu on the board outside and determine if we should go into La Petite Gourmand, a lady came out and said they had an English menu inside. It turned out that she was the chef. The restaurant is very small, only seating 15, and all the tables were actually reserved but we had an hour to order and eat before having to clear out by ~8:30pm. We received a little bowl of purple potato chips while we were still looking at the...

22:16 / Avignon / France / French / La Petite Gourmand
11 Jan

Apt, which was 10km away, to see what was there. There wasn’t much to see but we did pick up something to eat from Banette. Mum and dad shared a veggie pizza (€2.20) and I was tossing up between an olive fougasse, corn bread (€2.50) or ‘mediéval’ bread (€2.50). I noticed that they sold the Provencal miel et amandes as well. In the end I went for the medieval, which has pieces of walnuts and apple and uses chestnut and wheat flour. There wasn’t much walnut in the...

16:14 / Apt / Banette / Bread / France / Italian
09 Jan

Soon after we ordered our meals, calls for reservations started coming in, and soon there was only a table for two left. All entrées are €10, mains €21 and desserts €6. The two-course dinner was €24. I wasn’t sure I had the stomach for an entrée because I’d eaten the almond and honey slice not long before, but mum said she’d have it if I couldn’t finish. Dad and I had the quail with sautéed Granny Smith apples and anise seed vinaigrette and mum had the foie gras...

22:08 / Avignon / France / French / Restaurant Le 26
08 Jan

Tonight we went to L’Epice and Love. The entrées were €9.5, plats €12, entrée + plat was €16.80. Mum and dad both got escargots as their entrée. At first I didn’t want an entrée, but changed my mind later and added on the papeton d’aubergine. Dad and I got the traditional dish of Daube de Toro and mum had the ½ Magret of duck with honey and lemon sauce. [caption id="attachment_5893" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Escargot[/caption] All the entrées came with salad. The ten escargot were flavoured with butter, garlic and ?parsley. [caption...

22:04 / Avignon / France / French / L’Epice and Love
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