Friday, February 27, 2009

@Le maison d'amour in Eymet

Supposedly named maison d'amour (House of love) cause that's where Henry IV wrote a letter to his mistress.

pâté and more duck Rilette and a salad "fruits de mer"














3 kinds of duck: Confit de canard, Foie gras, and more dried breast and duck rolls with potato dauphinois.


















Desert picture wasn't stored on the phone because the battery was empty, a pitty, it was bright pink. Crepes with strawberry semifredo, strawberry sauce and sweets.

@L'etape Gasconne in Allemans Du Dropt

Salad with warm goat's cheese on toast and dried duck breast, and a salad with salmon and shrimp.


















Trout with almonds














Filet Mignon














Shaky Desert: Profiterole and a Fruit salad

View from the tower of the Duras castle

Canard a l'orange

Duck breast with orange/grand marnier sauce.
We ran out of gas halfway through so had to finish cooking on the wood stove.

The good taste of France

Quiche lorraine, Scallop mouse with lemon, Rillete of duck, Smoked duck breast, 2 kinds of dried sausage, goat's cheese, port salut le fondant cheese, Boursin with black pepper, Vieux pane cheese.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Cantonese drivethrough takeaway@orient drive, nijmegen

@Vesters, Nijmegen

Amuse with advocade, beetroot, goat's cheese and almonds:














Mackerel, Shortly baked and marinated in vinaigrette mackerel fillets with fennel, salted lemon peels, raisin and thinly sliced red pepper:














"Bisque d'homard", Powerful lobster soup filled with pilaf rice and basil, served with lobster cream, croutons and saffron mayonnaise:














Brandade of stockfish and roseval potato; presented with sourdough toast, poached cod, chives and hollandaise:














Slow Cooked guinea fowl fillet with gravy of king bolete and morels, potato mousseline, fried anise mushrooms:














Cabrales Picos, Blue cheese from the Picos de Europa mountains with compote of figs and sherry vinegar, thinly sliced Ibericoham, hazelnuts and fried breadcrumbs:














Blood orange salad with candied peels, strained buttermilk with pistachio and vanilla, sabayon and served with blood orange sorbet:














Coffee with sweets:














New fashion? Elbow pads on both your tweed jacket and your shirt:

Sunday, February 1, 2009