Showing posts with label Domaine des Etangs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domaine des Etangs. Show all posts

Friday, November 10, 2017

10/11/2017 A special birthday lunch.

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum 6C.  9km/h NE winds, 19km/h gusts. 1 mm rain measured.  Foggy all day.
Leaving home at 12pm the mist was swirling in all directions...

making driving not a lot of fun!

Arrival at Domaine Des Etangs...

Nigel and I ready to go and enjoy a fabulous lunch.

The dragonfly emblem is on the door step and all the crockery in the restaurant as well....

Luckily we were sat right by the fire 😊
Nigel with friends Erica and Brian .

Amuse Bouche
Top left radishes, top right foie gras cherries and below mushroom soup.

Starter which we all chose - Braised artichokes, river trout and hazelnuts the other choice was celeriac and black truffle.

Main course - braised leeks with Barbezieux chicken or....

John Dory roasted over charcoal, Parmesan foam and mushrooms.  Nigel and I both had this dish and it was delicious and full of amazing flavours.

The dessert - this was called Earl grey tea and chocolate  but I asked for no Earl Grey (I don't like it!) or

Nigel's choice of Grapefruit iced parfait, but note, he had - "Joyeux anniversaire 70 Ans" written on his plate with a candle to blow out 🍷

Finally a coffee with petit-fours.




For those following the South African holiday Part 8 is now on the web HERE

Thursday, October 26, 2017

26/10/2017 Some of yesterday's photos as promised, and some from the garden.

Maximum temperature 24C, minimum 13C.  7 km/h SW winds, 14 km/h gusts. Dry.
Arrival at Domaine des Etangs...


The largest 5 star resort in mainland France, with a a fully renovated 11th century château.
If you want to read more about it see here....


 it expands over 1000 hectares of protected natural surroundings, a mixture of forests, grassland and ponds....


I presume this is meant to represent a family looking across the lake at the cattle beyond...


Looking upwards at one of the wonderful old trees...


A different view of the lake and grounds....


and what appears to be a religious cross.
If you would like to stay here, and you have to ask the price, then you can't afford it!
We went there to book for a special dinner coming up next month.


Back home, toadstools in the garden, maybe where the faeries live 😉


Zinnias still opening but it looks like the cold arrives tomorrow so......


Another zinnia well past its best, but the bumblebee seems happy enough.