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29/03/2008, 8:46 Wilko Joined on 23/08/2004 84 Vaucluse Posts 213 menu suggestions 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     Report

29/03/2008, 12:59 chocccie Joined on 01/03/2005 Posts 379 Re: menu suggestions 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.    Report

29/03/2008, 13:09 Wilko Joined on 23/08/2004 84 Vaucluse Posts 213 Re: menu suggestions 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. Rgds Wilko      Report

29/03/2008, 17:12 Puzzled Joined on 05/10/2006 Posts 488 Re: menu suggestions I love a GOOD salad niçoise, beef borguignon and coq au vin, prefer gratin pots than anything else with them though.    Report

30/03/2008, 17:18 inkflo Joined on 29/02/2008 Posts 54 Re: menu suggestions Tarte de Fromage to start, followed by cold langoustines, mayo & a crisp salad, washed down with a good, chilled Chablis ... mmmm!    Report

30/03/2008, 22:32 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,635 Re: menu suggestions inkflo, do you own a restaurant and, if so, where is it so that I can come and eat chez vous?    Report

31/03/2008, 13:14 inkflo Joined on 29/02/2008 Posts 54 Re: menu suggestions Hi I did own a restaurant many moons ago & I would love to again. Too old now I fear! Good food should be like a good marriage though, keep it simple but tasty, don't overcomplicate it, never have too much on your plate, and always remember how good it was.    Report

31/03/2008, 19:31 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,635 Re: menu suggestions inkflo, you'd do us all enthusiastic cooks a great favour if you would put some of your favourite recipes on the site; simple but tasty, not over complicated, etc.  Wow!  You'd have our eternal gratitude.    Report

31/03/2008, 23:48 Jill Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 582 Re: menu suggestions 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.   Jill (99)    Report

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