Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Dinner at Hotel du Chateau in Beynac

The hotel is right at the entrance to the town and run by a lovely young couple- both of whom speak English excellently. (Bill was a little disappointed to hear English at all but the gentlemen came to a compromise. They spoke to Bill in French and in English to Lin). Lin was happy enough.
Dinner, as we have come to expect was a 5 course meal and really good. It specialized in the food of the region, making it a tad difficult for Bill to choose a reasonable meal again. We both had garlic soup- really tasty.
Lin had froie gras (pretty good but more than she needed) Bill had the Perigorf salad which had a little bit of everything on a bed of greens. He left the cold froie gras and almost everything else but ate what looked to be duck/goose giblets. The steak was plentiful and delicious followed by chvre chaud. Dessert was choloclate and strawberry ice cream with fresh whipped cream for Bill while Lin had a creme brulee.
We are hoping the mega hiking in the sprinkling rain is enough to offset the meal.