Tuesday, 22 April 2014

A birthday lunch…

Daniel was soon to reach the ripe old age of 30.

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To celebrate we had lunch at Au Croissant, in Buzançais, with our friends John and Maureen, Daniel’s very proud Mum and Dad. Lately I’ve become far more cautious about taking photographs of the food in a restaurant, but we assured the waiter that these photographs were being taken because we were impressed with the food! We mostly ate off the 25 Euro menu.

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We had a delicious meal and would thoroughly recommend the restaurant. Market day in Buzançais is Friday.

Our starters…

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Our main courses…

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Cheese…

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Desserts…

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The consensus was that we’d had an excellent meal with only a couple of slight gripes. Although the lamb was cooked to perfection, and absolutely delicious, it could have done with a little more in the way of vegetables. Perhaps another couple of the tomatoes with pea puree would have done the trick and provided a contrast with which to savour the tasty lamb. Having said that, with the other courses there was more than enough to eat. The other gripe was that one of the cheeses (the one with the yellow rind, which unfortunately I can’t remember what it was called) was certainly an acquired taste!

10 comments:

  1. Not good for the waistline but looks great especially the burger and chips! C

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  2. Tim's choice. I went for the lamb.

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  3. It looks wonderful to me -- especially from Stateside!

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  4. I'm trying to remember the name of that cheese.
    I seem to remember that it tasted like old socks mixed with crushed cardboard.

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    1. That would be about right, except that the cardboard is soggy!!

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  5. It looks like a most delicious menu - I too would have gone for the lamb! Hope Daniel appreciated it....;-) Axxx

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  6. Super Birthday celebrations , I agree about the Lamb dish , could do with a little bit more of something :-) The name of restaurant would make me feel like it was just a café for breakfast. Glad you all had a good time though.x

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  7. This post has whetted my appetite....returning to Caunes next week...cant wait ! Jx

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  8. Gaynor, whilst your two "chops" were lacking in the veg department...
    I notice that there is very little by way of veg anywhere else...
    perhaps "Chef" is of the opinion that...
    to 'quote' Simon...
    "Veg is what food eats!"
    I also notice that he has cut off all the tastiest bits...
    probably kept them for himself!!

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    1. Actually....
      upon a relooking....
      you had the veg with the starters and cheese!!
      NFF I think!!

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