Friday, September 29, 2017

Food Finale


Many of you have really enjoyed reading and looking at the photos of all our food adventures.  I can say, however, that eating the food is far more enjoyable than looking at it! One day, perhaps there will be a scratch and sniff and a scratch and taste for a blog!  Till then, our food adventures are sadly coming to an end.  Here are the last two meals we savoured in restaurants.

Le Moulin de la Sorinière in Neuil les Aubiers was a favourite of ours, and so very close!  Around the bend and across from the château on a little country road. 






Kir Royale to pique our appetite.


Feuilleté cheese rolls.






We often ordered a sparkling water with our meals although the regular water is free and very good.

 

The salad was "un genre de salade César".  The greens were from the garden and garnished with cucumber, tiny red peppers, chicken slices and some "lardon" which are cooked pork slices, like bacon.  A dressing and lots of shredded cheese.





I had the pork tenderloin in a rich and creamy sauce.  The sides included sliced carrots, shredded celeriac, and cubed pâtisson (of the pumpkin family).  Those tastes together blended extremely well and were delicious!


Karl had the steak in a pepper sauce and the same sides.





We enjoyed a trifle with grapes and peaches.  Those crushed wafers are spéculoos.

 
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When we went to Niort, we stopped again at Le Grand Café for lunch. 
 







I tried the salmon burger with the fries, a small tossed salad and coleslaw.  The fish was very well prepared, moist and tender, not overcooked.


Karl enjoyed potato pancakes with a steak haché in between, and a green salad.  We know that not everyone in the Trommeshauser family loves potato pancakes... but Karl has always enjoyed them and thought these were particularly good.  As good as the German ones!


We shared a Grand Marnier crêpe, although the flames had gone by the time I snapped the photo.

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After lunch we headed to meet Madame Marguerite Morisson at "Les Archives départementales de Niort".  She was going to bring us to the farm where our Gobeil ancestors came from, so a little gift was in order.  We stopped at l'Épicerie, the specialty store where we had bought our candied Angélique and syrup, and figured we'd find an appropriate gift as a token of our appreciation.  We bought a "coffre de thé", which is a box filled with a variety of teas.  Had we but known what was awaiting us, we would have bought a much more substantial gift, and for four people! Next posting is all about the visit to "La ferme de Chey".



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"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
 
~  Les Brown
 
 

2 comments:

  1. Those potato pancakes actually look ok.... but I'll pass, never was a fan lol! The rest of the meal looked delicious though :)

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    1. I knew your "love" of potato pancakes... it's legendary!

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