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Even in Bordeaux home cooked is best.

2010.07.05

カテゴリー: Bordeaux, Food

As some of you may know I have been abroad. In fact I spent last week in Bordeaux. Yes I know, its a tough life for some. It may come as a huge surprise for you to also learn that I was actually working. Fortunately I was also actually eating and drinking my way through some of Bordeaux’s finest culinary treats. I suppose its not surprising that the best meal I had was cooked by a lovely man named Francois in a fireplace over some burning grape vines. A huge T bone steak was seared and grilled, it was served sliced still blood red and yet not bloody. Accompanied by a mixture of sauteed wild mushrooms and little bundles of beans, it was nothing short of fantastic. The only thing better was the foie gras that he had served before the steak.

His mother makes foie gras every year and Francois had kindly saved some for our visit. I had never had such a delicious foie gras. The flavour was subtle and refined. Everyone gathered around the table enjoyed more than one helping, some may have had thirds. To finish the meal Francois served a chocolate cake made by his wife that morning. He was apologetic that it didn’t look so good, but that didn’t faze us, fresh chocolate cake is always delicious!

My other culinary surprise was the Croque Monsieur that I bought for lunch at St Emilion. This toasted cheese and ham sandwich was so morish that I had eaten half of it before I managed to take a photo of it. As regular readers know that is a bit of a habit of mine. My colleague Fed had a similar croque but it was topped with goats cheese. As it disappeared even faster than mine I think its safe to say that it was equally tasty.

My time in Bordeaux was short but extremely enjoyable, now back to the real world.
Until next time,
enjoy “la douceur de vivre”

Cheryl