Hi
I was asked by the patron of our local bar yesterday wat we thought etrangers/english would most like to eat in his new restaurant. We had just had moules frites which were excellent. He obviously has his eye on the new season and is wondering what to put on the menu to attract toursists. His luncheon menu is priced at 12 euros, 3 courses, vin compris.
Any thoughts on what you'd like to see on the menu ?
Rgds
Wilko
Hmm, that's a toughie. I think English food comes into it's own in the Autumn and Winter .. hot pots, stews, shepherds pie etc.
I can't think of anything that is English and summery, that I'd like to eat in a bar.
Maybe I'm just not very inpired today.
Choccie
Thanks for your reply., obviously bit of a misunderstanding. The guy wants to know which french dishes would most appeal to foreigners/brits etc. Apologies for te confusion.
I personally would be looking for a menu which was offering dishes which were typical of the region itself. For example, when I was last in Provence, I bought a book on Provencal cooking and one of the recipes from it I cook when camping in France is rabbit cooked with whole, unpeeled garlic which you then spread on toast. Another dish is with chicken, olives, tomatoes - not forgetting the herbes de provence etc. Once we had lunch in the restaurant which is just by the exit to the castle at Les Baux de Provence and I had a salad which had marinated courgettes and aubergines plus pepper which I think were roasted. I'd love to have that again, but I can't find a recipe for it (the marinade, that is). If I was looking for a restaurant and I had a choice of a few restaurants, I'd go for the one serving dishes I hadn't had before which were typical of the area over something that was a well known dish of the region that I had eaten before or cooked myself.
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