modern French cuisine at Abbaye Fontevraud

7-21-2019 Sun. 


AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  ( in Candes Saint Martin )  coffee | pastry 
DINNER --- ( at Abbaye Fontevraud )  modern French cuisine :  goat cheese on pastry chip | salad | fish and fennel | chicken and carrot, mushroom | citrus  granita |  fresh berries and pastry | herb juice tea and cookie 

• touring the abbaye in evening, dinner at the courtyard 

cassoulet and risotto, around the corner

11-11-2011 Tue. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at Bistrot Lepic) lemon risotto with grilled shrimp | duck and sausage cassoulet  | wine 

 

• back to the corner place with other parties

Paul Bocuse food hall and Pierre Orsi dinning room

5-03-2014 Sat. chilly, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( picnic in the garden of Notro-Dame-de-Fourviere, food from Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse) Lyon sausage | cheese | baguette | vegetables | fruits 
AFTERNOON-TEA-TIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at Pierre Orsi )  Hors d'œuvre | Roasted Langoustines with Asparagus Tips | Ravioli of Duck Foie Gras, with a Port and Truffle Jus | Wild Coastal Sea Bass, Browned in Virgin Olive Oil | Mildly Spiced Lobster Chunks with Vegetables and Artichokes | Cheese Selection from the Regions of France | Choice of Dessert and Delicate Sweets | Burgundy wine 

 picnic lunch

 plane tree lined street

 

 old town secret door lanes

Orsi

• French culinary scene in Lyon, food is very refined in ingredients or cooking.

Citronelle, fake ice and 10K-tag wine

6-26-2011 Tue. warm, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- cherries 
DINNER --- ( at Citronelle ) fried soft shell crab with Provencal compote  | lobster Begula pasta | lamb three ways |  slow-cooked short rib | citrus patits fours | chocolate plate | wine 

 amuse bouche (potato, radish-grapefruit, cauliflower)

 lobster begula pasta on fake ice

 fried soft shell crab

lamb ( chop, meatball, and shank) 

slow-cooked short rib  

palate cleanser ( mandarin foam on cream)

 chocolate plate

 

 citrus pitits fours

 

• Citronelle raises price faster than the bar for fine French cuisine,  adopts big volume, high salt and fat content approach of this side of Atlantic ocean.