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| le Privilege |
It might have been the aperitifs,
or perhaps the second carafe of vin rouge.
Paul was sticking to one glass of red wine because he was driving so it
was all down to Kat and me. We were
lunching at our favourite restaurant in Monpazier, le Privilege.
Paul and I chose the menu du jour (poached egg on a bed of wild
mushrooms followed by pork belly with prunes) while Kat had gazpacho (complete
with a little sachet of vodka ) and her old favourite of confit de canard. The food was excellent. The art decorating the walls was bad.
When we finally left the restaurant
I was definitely a little unsteady on my feet and needed to hang on tightly to
Paul’s arm to negotiate the cobbled streets of Monpazier. There were very few tourists about today so
it was a pleasure to wander around this medieval bastide town. Next week we will be returning to Monpazier to dine at a chateau hotel with a chef who is willing to prepare a special menu for vegan daughter
Sarah. I have promised Paul I will stay sober this time.
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| Hotel Edward 1er |
I love it. It sounds like a lovely carefree catch up lunch. It is thundering all around here and I am in for a storm. I opened a bottle of red to see me through it!
ReplyDeleteStorms make me nervous. I think we are due for some here tomorrow.
DeleteOne of our favourites and good for you your daughter is home and the other soon. Enjoy
ReplyDeleteMaybe we'll take you when you're here!
DeleteI must say that the menu sounds delightful.
ReplyDeleteThe chef here never disappoints.
DeleteThere's no need to call Monpazier a "bastide town"! However, I guess that this is down to the wine you guzzled.
ReplyDeleteI didn't guzzle my wine, I drank it very delicately. I just delicately drank too much.
DeletePity the Thursday evenings at Lumberjack are now over, your girls would have enjoyed that. It's a while since I ate at the Privilege; I must do so again.
ReplyDeleteThey've arrived a bit too late to enjoy the sunshine and entertainment.
Delete"you delicately drank too much wine"...that made me laugh Sue; I enjoy your sense of humour!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
My daughter is a bad influence on me!
DeleteEvery thing around you looks so beautiful, must be fun to live in such a beautiful area.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely, so many ancient buildings and spectacular countryside. When you live here all the time you tend to take it all for granted.
DeleteIt must be a bit of a pain to eat vegan out in 'rural' France. I suspect that it might be a pain on the pocket as well. The latest rain overnight has greened the place up a bit and I'm sure that getting the family all together again will be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWhilst a lot of restaurants now offer a vegetarian option on the menu it is very rare to find one that can cater for vegans. Yes, it will be expensive!
DeleteAs much as I love veggies, and they do make up the majority of our meals, I couldn't live without my meat. Hope your daughter enjoys the meal.
ReplyDeleteI miss my wine-enjoying days, but one's gotta listen to one's body when it protests (repeatedly.) How lovely for you though!
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