Remiremont Venetian Carnival 2010
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Bennwihr (Alsace): l’église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
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Saint-Dié: Interior and exterior of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Dié
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Saint-Dié: La Tour de la Liberté
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Saint-Dié: The only factory designed and built to plans by Le Corbusier
…… it has changed!!
One of the advantages of using WordPress is it is possible to change the presentation style without any (or, more realistically, very little) change to the content.
I’ve spent some time looking through some of the hundreds(?) of available styles and opted for this new plain style which seems both to have greater clarity and has been easier to modify slightly to meet my specific requirements. The only problem I’ve noticed is some of the images inserted in the older news items are not aligned to the left margin and/or don’t have text wrapped round – but that occurred with other styles I tested so it is probably something I did wrong in the first place! I don’t think that will cause anyone real problems and, if we have a cold winter, I may just have time to spend a few hours tidying them up 😉
There haven’t been any restaurant comments added here for some time even though we’ve been eating out! We have been going back to old favourites quite often and it didn’t seem worth adding them….and then, even when we visited new restaurants, we got out of the habit of commenting.
However, there have been significant changes at our favourite restaurant of several years, the Blanche Neige. All the serving staff we knew well, from our frequent visits, left during 2008. Thomas the manager was the last to go and by lucky accident we were there during his last week in December. Then I discovered last weekend the chef had also moved on in July 2009. We’d been at the Blanche Neige in August and noted some changes – mainly reduced menu options, increased prices, and the saltiness but there was no visible indication of any change in the kitchen!
The original chef, Mike Germershausen, and his wife have now opened their own restaurant in Marckolsheim and we visited a couple of days ago. He seems to be building up a regular trade already which is not surprising as the prices are more reasonable and the restaurant is more accessible from Colmar and Selestat. The food and presentation are much the same, but slightly simpler. He said he found it a bit odd at first as the restaurant mainly served pizzas under the previous owner. When it re-opened the pizza eaters came expecting their usual food, were surprised by the menu and left again. Auberge de la Ferme Hueb, Marckolsheim
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Some 360 degree panoramas
– a walk in the woods near the col d’Anozel
– from our fields showing the farmhouse and also
– from within the orchard as autumn arrives and leaves fall
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A panoramic view from the crossroads to Entre-deux-Eaux village showing a little of the winter snow.
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Our first visit to this restaurant and certainly not our last! Although the restaurant has a Michelin star and 16/20 in GaultMillau it has not been a must go to. The web site was unavailable for a long time and we wondered whether the restaurant still existed; passing by, the menu outside was in a rather sad state. But we certainly enjoyed our visit. It is in a hotel in an early 1900s building; the entrance lobby is dark with wood panelling and floors but the restaurant, with high ceilings is light and airy. As it was a warm day we sat on the terrace and the awning was put to use when a storm passed over.
We chose the 32€ menu which has four choices for each of the starter and main courses and a dessert trolley.
Amuse bouche – cream cheese mousse with a tomato and basil couli
Starters
Snail ravioli in a garlic and cream sauce or
Homard rillette on potato wrapped in smoked salmon
Main course
Gallette of lamb on a bed of ratatouille or
Brochette of lapereau or
calf kidney
Desserts from the trolley – as many as you could decently choose (!!) from
chocolate and raspberry cake, white chocolate and nut gateau, peach tart, rhubarb tart, crème anglais, skewer of grilled fresh fruit, warm tarte tatin, raspberry sorbet, cherries, melon, peaches, strawberries….
A very enjoyable and tasty meal.
All restaurant photographs https://www.blackmores-online.info/Restaurants/
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Another visit to our still favourite restaurant.
Aperitifs (with beetroot and tomato-olive butters in the background)
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Menu Découverte (39€)
Amuse bouche: watermelon soup and crevette
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Le Cappuccino de Crustacés, Cannellonis de Langoustines et Viande de Grison or
L’œuf Poché à la Mayonnaise de Truffe Noir et ses Asperges Poêlées
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Le Filet de Truite du Val d’Orbey, Ragoût de Fenouil à la Crème et ses Pralins croustillants de Riz
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predessert: peach couli and tonka bean cream
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La Soupe de Rhubarbe à la Vanille, Chips de Poivre Vert et Parfait glacé Yaourt Cardamome
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coffee with petits fours of apple tarts, chocolate ice creams, and pear eau de vie truffles
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Another trip to la Table du Gourmet which only confirmed my original impressions and I was not really impressed with the quality of the food, especially given a cost comparison with other restaurants (unlike my companions). Not a restaurant I will be hurrying back to visit.
MENU ” ALSACE ” son Terroir renouvelé (39€)
Tartelette Flambée en Mise en Bouche
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Dégustation de
– Bâton de Foie gras de Canard sur Asperge du Pauvre, Aigre-doux au Gewurztraminer
– Presskopf comme la Grand-Mère, Bouton de Fleur de Pissenlit
– Omble chevalier du Val d’Orbey, un peu Fumé, Feuilles et Fleurs, Crème Battue à la Livèche
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Volaille fermière d’Alsace aux Feuilles Aromatiques, Bouillon Moussé au Gewurztraminer
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Vacherin glacé au lait Citron et sorbet Fruits rouges Confits à l’eau de Vie
Menu of the Day (28€)
Vegetable tempura
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Cod with vegetables in an oriental soup
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Caramelised banana, chocolate in filo, cassis sorbet
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