Saturday, 17 August 2013

Moules frites…

Last night we shared moules frites with friends and about 500 other diners at L’Auberge de la Gabriere.

We’ve eaten here a few times and the food is always superb. Music was provided by Les Compagnons du Musette – Alain their leader is a neighbour of our friends John and Maureen.

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The food and company were excellent with enough moules to choke a donkey! The award for last men standing goes to John and Steve who determindly didn’t give up until every moule was munched…

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Dessert

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Thanks Maureen for the vegetables, eggs and preserves. We won’t be going hungry; a true friend!

A great way to start our time in La Touraine…

9 comments:

  1. What a lovely way to start your stay. I hope it continues to be as much fun. Jx

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  2. What could be better than good food with good friends. A perfect evening.

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  3. Moules Frites are a huge favourite of ours. Looks like great fun.

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  4. Oh excellent! One of my favourite ever dishes - looks jolly good. Glad to see you're having fun. Axxx

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  5. Thanks. It was a great start to the holiday.

    The following day the garden needed to be tackled... ;0(

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  6. An excellent excuse to get up to your armpits in food! The most impressive performers tend to be the kids. P.

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  7. One of my favourite dishes , last ate in Paris in July :-) I just love them. and happy to see you all having fun :-)

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  8. Even though we can beautiful fresh New Zealand mussels still alive and as you say big enough to choke a donkey, the nicest mussels I ever had were in a little bistro in Rue de Vaugirard in Paris last year. Maybe it was just the romance of the place and being on holidays, but I can still taste them when I think about them. :-)

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