Monday, October 31, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Café Paradiso - Cork / Ireland
16 Lancaster Quay
Cork - Ireland
Tel : + 353 (0) 21 4277939
open from Tuesday - Saturday - lunch and diner
Starter Mushroom raviolli's in Gubbeen mezzaluna with walnuts & tarragon butter
Main Course Eggroll pancake of leeks & globe artichoke with plum tomato, caper & avocado salsa, braised fennel and mustard-chive mash
Cork - Ireland
Tel : + 353 (0) 21 4277939
open from Tuesday - Saturday - lunch and diner
Starter Mushroom raviolli's in Gubbeen mezzaluna with walnuts & tarragon butter
Main Course Eggroll pancake of leeks & globe artichoke with plum tomato, caper & avocado salsa, braised fennel and mustard-chive mash
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Hostellerie Clau del Loup - Anglars Juillac
Hostellerie Clau del Loup
Métairie Haute 46140
Anglars Juillac - Lot - France
Tel : +33 (0) 5 65367620 / Fax ; +33 (0) 5 65367629
website ; http://www.claudelloup.com
This log is especially for Mo, she loves good food and prefer a bit of health into it if possible, unfortunately this menu I ate was superb but healthy ... sorry Mo don't meet all the criteria ... still curious ... ???
Velouté de Chataigne Foie gras mit cuit de Canard avec compote apple curry et une gelee Granny Smith
Bisque de Langoustine Coquille de Saint Jacques avec risotto de citron avec une sauce bouillabaisse
Pigeon, foie de pigeon, poire cuit dans le vin de Cahors avec sauce des Cepes Fromage
Cantal doux et Sainte Nectaire
Moelleux de Chocolat
Café et friandises et un jus de nectarine
Avec deux vins de Cahors bien sur ...
Domaine de Fabre 2004 AOC Gaillac (Cahors region) 12% - vin blanc sec
Clos de Jean 2004 AOC Cahors 12,5% - vin rouge Recolté a main
The soup was an excellent starter, well balanced in the flavours and served old fashioned style. Of course Foie and not a small part I might add. Terrific home made piece of Foie, exceptional good taste of the apple curry and .... Granny Smith as well - perfect combination. The bisque was perfect with of course a langoustine and the different shrimps, perfect taste. The Coquilles were fresh and perfect sauted with this lemon flavoured Risotto with a bouillabaisse sauce, perfect harmony. As main dish the local pigeon, perfect with the cepes from the backyard and a pear cooked in Cahors wine a real treat. Than two "small" pieces of cheese and as dessert the Moelleux, perfect backed with the chocolat filling inside that was a real finish. Than coffee and even some friandises of the house ... yes it was quite a meal you can say but it was worth it. If you're in the neighbourhood or on vacation in this part of la douce France this one I'll recommend without hesitation. For lunch you're mostly fine, for diner give them a call to be sure of your table. They rent rooms as well and are part of Logis de France, the rooms are built in an old fashioned way but with all the modern needs of today, ask for their special arrangements, they offer nice prices for a room with gourmet lunch or diner. And yes they have a heated pool as well.
Anglars Juillac - Lot - France
Tel : +33 (0) 5 65367620 / Fax ; +33 (0) 5 65367629
website ; http://www.claudelloup.com
This log is especially for Mo, she loves good food and prefer a bit of health into it if possible, unfortunately this menu I ate was superb but healthy ... sorry Mo don't meet all the criteria ... still curious ... ???
Velouté de Chataigne Foie gras mit cuit de Canard avec compote apple curry et une gelee Granny SmithBisque de Langoustine Coquille de Saint Jacques avec risotto de citron avec une sauce bouillabaisse
Pigeon, foie de pigeon, poire cuit dans le vin de Cahors avec sauce des Cepes Fromage
Cantal doux et Sainte Nectaire
Moelleux de Chocolat
Café et friandises et un jus de nectarine
Avec deux vins de Cahors bien sur ...
Domaine de Fabre 2004 AOC Gaillac (Cahors region) 12% - vin blanc sec
Clos de Jean 2004 AOC Cahors 12,5% - vin rouge Recolté a main
The soup was an excellent starter, well balanced in the flavours and served old fashioned style. Of course Foie and not a small part I might add. Terrific home made piece of Foie, exceptional good taste of the apple curry and .... Granny Smith as well - perfect combination. The bisque was perfect with of course a langoustine and the different shrimps, perfect taste. The Coquilles were fresh and perfect sauted with this lemon flavoured Risotto with a bouillabaisse sauce, perfect harmony. As main dish the local pigeon, perfect with the cepes from the backyard and a pear cooked in Cahors wine a real treat. Than two "small" pieces of cheese and as dessert the Moelleux, perfect backed with the chocolat filling inside that was a real finish. Than coffee and even some friandises of the house ... yes it was quite a meal you can say but it was worth it. If you're in the neighbourhood or on vacation in this part of la douce France this one I'll recommend without hesitation. For lunch you're mostly fine, for diner give them a call to be sure of your table. They rent rooms as well and are part of Logis de France, the rooms are built in an old fashioned way but with all the modern needs of today, ask for their special arrangements, they offer nice prices for a room with gourmet lunch or diner. And yes they have a heated pool as well.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Cork - Journey I - Part II
Just a short note from Ireland.
The city Cork is a windy city as far as I can see it for now. Maybe just for today I don't know but the wind is doing it's best. The temperature is very nice and the weather is fine. Had a small rainshower for 2 minutes that's all. Most of the time the sun is winning it from the clouds.
It's a colourfull city, the houses are painted in the most brilliant colours and if it's yellow it's bird yellow (Hello Tweety). And preferrable different colours next to each other. Made a few pictures so will put them on the internet later. Although this is a very cheap and good Internet Cafe, no coffee though, but all facilities are there, burning cd/dvd you name it you can do it.
I said earlier a city needs water, Cork got plenty water too. Of course close to the sea and hugh rivers across the heart of the city. Cabs are not that expansive and I'm in a lovely old hotel, looks very glamerous from the outside, nice and old from the inside but with all facilities and even WIFI available, will test that later. Been walking through town for at least half a day and they have a lot of pubs, more than anything else I think ... but that's the good part of course. They have some nice coffee places as well. Also a lot of old buildings and narrow streets what makes the city lively and cosy. The city is situated much lower than the land surrounded by it and has some nice hills within the city limits. That creates some nice views and perfect for the river.
Irish must love beer, I haven't seen any industry between the cities bounderies except for the brewery of Beamish, Guiness and Heineken. (Murphy's) and they seem pretty big to me. The airport is close by but the traffic in town is a bit of a nightmare, a lot of traffic lights and an awfull lot of cars on narrow streets and that means waiting times. Like Amsterdam people walk when they can with a traffic light and don't wait for the green light ... Ladies in Stockholm tend to wear the high boots in Cork they like to use a lot of make up, and if I say a lot I mean a lot ... a lot of shops where you can do a make over with dito girls in it as well.
The city has a lot of different shops, from CD, electronic stores, pubs, clothes but not so many "grand cafe" kind of food & beverage outlets. The small coffeeshops are coming here as well. I just went to Gloria Jean's Coffee place and the lattes are coming up, I saw them the last three weeks in Amerika, Sweden and now here and back in Amsterdam they are there as well. Different kind of flavours are well presented and so are the prices but he ... it's nice. That's it for now, I'll post some photo's when I'll be back. Later, Paul.
P.s. An adapter here in the shop for electronic devices is about 500% cheaper than at the airport where I forgot to buy it ... and I need it for all the electronics ... camera, laptop, phone, BB ... and I'm one hour behind Amsterdam time.
That means that 08.00 is 07.00 for those who will SMS ...
The city Cork is a windy city as far as I can see it for now. Maybe just for today I don't know but the wind is doing it's best. The temperature is very nice and the weather is fine. Had a small rainshower for 2 minutes that's all. Most of the time the sun is winning it from the clouds.
It's a colourfull city, the houses are painted in the most brilliant colours and if it's yellow it's bird yellow (Hello Tweety). And preferrable different colours next to each other. Made a few pictures so will put them on the internet later. Although this is a very cheap and good Internet Cafe, no coffee though, but all facilities are there, burning cd/dvd you name it you can do it.
I said earlier a city needs water, Cork got plenty water too. Of course close to the sea and hugh rivers across the heart of the city. Cabs are not that expansive and I'm in a lovely old hotel, looks very glamerous from the outside, nice and old from the inside but with all facilities and even WIFI available, will test that later. Been walking through town for at least half a day and they have a lot of pubs, more than anything else I think ... but that's the good part of course. They have some nice coffee places as well. Also a lot of old buildings and narrow streets what makes the city lively and cosy. The city is situated much lower than the land surrounded by it and has some nice hills within the city limits. That creates some nice views and perfect for the river.
Irish must love beer, I haven't seen any industry between the cities bounderies except for the brewery of Beamish, Guiness and Heineken. (Murphy's) and they seem pretty big to me. The airport is close by but the traffic in town is a bit of a nightmare, a lot of traffic lights and an awfull lot of cars on narrow streets and that means waiting times. Like Amsterdam people walk when they can with a traffic light and don't wait for the green light ... Ladies in Stockholm tend to wear the high boots in Cork they like to use a lot of make up, and if I say a lot I mean a lot ... a lot of shops where you can do a make over with dito girls in it as well.
The city has a lot of different shops, from CD, electronic stores, pubs, clothes but not so many "grand cafe" kind of food & beverage outlets. The small coffeeshops are coming here as well. I just went to Gloria Jean's Coffee place and the lattes are coming up, I saw them the last three weeks in Amerika, Sweden and now here and back in Amsterdam they are there as well. Different kind of flavours are well presented and so are the prices but he ... it's nice. That's it for now, I'll post some photo's when I'll be back. Later, Paul.
P.s. An adapter here in the shop for electronic devices is about 500% cheaper than at the airport where I forgot to buy it ... and I need it for all the electronics ... camera, laptop, phone, BB ... and I'm one hour behind Amsterdam time.
That means that 08.00 is 07.00 for those who will SMS ...
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