kelkel2 Posted May 24, 2023 #401 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Your review and pictures are top notch! Thank you for spending the time doing this! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #402 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I haven't seen Tweet Tweet since Lyon, but I've been good about never forgetting about these guys at dinner. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #403 Share Posted May 24, 2023 More views from and around the old bridge and cathedral... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #404 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I tawt I saw a puddy tat. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #405 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Lunch and big bar and restaurant hall. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #406 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Market 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #407 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Just walking around 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #408 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Dinner tonight, Alter Native. This and Agastache are the two restaurants I have been anticipating the most. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdr69 Posted May 24, 2023 #409 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 2:37 PM, IntrepidFromDC said: Oops. Wrong pics... all your meals look like appetizers lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted May 24, 2023 #410 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, IntrepidFromDC said: I tawt I saw a puddy tat. I hope he hasn't found Tweet Tweet! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #411 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Dinner at l'Alter Native finally arrived and went. I am so bloated! I went for the 7 course extravaganza and every dish was amazing. After the homard I asked Bruno, the restaurant director, to dial back the serving sizes for the last couple courses. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #412 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Amuse Bouche was stellar. The rolls on the left have potatoes and other things inside. The little fish on the right I can't remember but they were both freaking stellar. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #413 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Again, I can't recall everything going on with this dish but it was as amazingly delicious as it is beautiful. The white marshmallow on the left is actually the albumen from the yolk on the right. The mushrooms were delicious and their sauce with (duck? Lamb?) was stiffed into the white part. Everyone in the restaurant was French but me and I was the only one who had to be shown by Bruno how to eat it. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #414 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Colossal oyster atop oyster puree foam. Sublime, I wish there were two. But that one oyster with the puree was 3 bites. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #415 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I don't know how this salmon and caviar potato with 2 caviar on top was prepared but it was amazing and I would have it again tomorrow if I could. It's one of those complex French dishes that has a whole bunch of ingredients in the sauce and you just OMG! with each bite. My favorite course. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #416 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Homard! With fantastic ravioli stuffed with minced lobster. Sauce was sublime. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #417 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Turbot with monster white asparagus that you could cut with a fork but it had a slight crispiness. Amazing again. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #418 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Bruno cuts the cheese. This was an event at every French table and I really wanted to make a video but of course I didn't. I did ask Bruno for permission to photograph. My favorite was the St. Marcellan (sp?). 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #419 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Things that make you go hmmm. Strawberry and olive dessert topped sorbet, with mixed juices of both. And mini madelines, still warm from the oven. We also got homemade chocolates, I got mine to go. All I can handle right now is sips of water and I'm afraid to open the bedroom window for fear I'll float away when I drift off. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 24, 2023 Author #420 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Excellent cappuccino. Oh, seaweed bread with local butter. Which reminds me, has anyone seen Matilda The Cash Cow? 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherries Jubilee Posted May 25, 2023 #421 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Your pictures are spectacular! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TravelBluebird Posted May 25, 2023 #422 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Your dinner at Alter Native—wow, spectacular! How can you adjust to cruise food after that? And I’m enjoying your photography of all the cities you have visited very much! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 25, 2023 Author #423 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 hours ago, TravelBluebird said: Your dinner at Alter Native—wow, spectacular! How can you adjust to cruise food after that? And I’m enjoying your photography of all the cities you have visited very much! I usually eat at the pay restaurants twice on a 7-day cruise, and in port. But I think both MDR and Lido deck food ar hit or miss. I don't eat exquisite French food back home very often but my cooking sure beats Carnival mdr by a longshot according to my daughter and me. If we see each other on the cruise I'm sure I'll manage to squeeze the substandard food into the conversation. But usually just to see reaction and talk about food. After football. See you in 4-1/2 days! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 25, 2023 Author #424 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Walking from my Beziers hotel to the gare for the 15-minute train ride to Narbonne, I take the long way through Victor Hugo Park, dropping crumbs of last night's leftover bread for pigeons, ducks. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 25, 2023 Author #425 Share Posted May 25, 2023 In one pic you can see the train station on the left and my hotel on the right, half a block away. Planning it this way has pros and in some cities cons. In Narbonne it's especially helpful not just for the usual reason that it's nice to quickly get to hotel checkin and nicer to be close for when you leave so you know exactly how long it will take to get to the station after checkout - in this case it's doubly nice because although I'm at this hotel for two nights, tomorrow I have an early train for my day in Carcassonne. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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