Salut/Hi Michael Pronay,
I have been trying to keep quiet on this, as - despite what DG said, I don't
seek to use this or other fora to drum up business.
le/on 6 Apr 2004 08:44:29 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
>"Anders Tørneskog" > wrote:
>
>> Thought [La Souvigne] was Bed & *Breakfast*? I know he's made
>> dinners too - but thought that was for special, or private
>> guests?
>
>Ian - you're called!
Right.
I run a B&B called "La Souvigne" in the Corrèze. We have three double rooms
(with an overflow for personal friends of 4 extra beds in our own house).
Although we don't feed people every night, we do like to welcome guests with
a meal the day they arrive. If others arrive during the stay of guests
already there, we normally invite them to eat with us too, if they wish to.
However, I'd not want people to think that the food and wine are Lucullan,
they're not. In keeping with the philosophy of B&Bs in France, (which is
that ordinary people share their family meal with guests), food and wine are
what I'd describe as good basic. They have to be, given that we charge only
16 euros a head for the meal including wine etc.
However, if we have friends from "here" or "elsewhere" to stay, who we know
are interested in food and or wine, we'll put on a much more elaborate meal
with pleasure, but have to charge accordingly. I _have_ put on a meal in
which a high point was a Ch Lafite 1983, but that wasn't at ‚¬16!! However,
this can't be done when "ordinary" customers are eating with us as well.
So for the second night you were with us, if I remember, we went down to
Brive Market together, discovered some nice looking fresh morels and made
veal cutlets with them. I'm afraid I don't remember the wine (we both seem
to remember "Burgundy") we served with the veal, though we did have a Tokaji
Aszu with the Tarte.
I think you'll agree that the previous day, the food was more ordinary,
however. I DO remember the faces of the other customers when you arrived at
table, though, clutching that mag of '89 Clos Fourtet that you'd "rescued".
I don't think they realised just how lucky they had been! Mind you, they
didn't drink much of it!
OK, plug over.
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All the Best
Ian Hoare
http://www.souvigne.com
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