La cuisine

It's been nearly a week since I arrived in France and in these few days I've had some of the best meals of my life. My uncle's partner Nicolas is an excellent chef and the two of them absolutely spoiled me during my time at their house in Lhuys.

For my uncle's birthday we had a fruit plate with melon, figs and raspberries along with thinly sliced viande de grisons. That was followed by Nepalese pork with saffron carrots, potatos with shallots and flat greenbeans.

One night we had sausages of wild boar, Polish buffalo and ostrage. And of course cheese! So much cheese! And with names like poetry!

We had Maroilles, an orange crusted cheese from Burgundy, Appenzell from Switzerland, Brie de Meaux, Reblochon from Savoie, Cantal from Auvergne, Roquefort, Buche de Chèvre, Munster Alsace from Strasbourg, Comté and a gooey creamy Dauphiné.

C'est magnifique. What is unfortunate is I probably won't eat this well again the rest of my trip.