Today we went for a day trip to the Luberon - beautiful!! this is an area made famous by Peter Mayle’s book ‘a year in provence’, but the scenery is absolutely magnificent!
There are some tall stone cliffs, popular with climbers, and some lovely bushwalks through forests and beside bubbling streams. I almost felt like I was back home in the rainforest.
On the way we stopped for a wander around Lourmarin, a lovely old town with a little chateau on the hill. Very pretty.
We then headed for a beautiful Auberge in the country at the foot of the cliffs. At the end of a dirt road we came across this beautifull oasis. Restaurant and hotel, snuggled beneath the cliff face. impressive!! We booked our table for lunch and headed off for a little bush walk to build our appetites! There were some lovely crystal clear streams and rock pools (freezing water!!), lots of moss, ferns and of course the cliff faces rising up above us.
We returned for lunch - one option, a salade de crudite - basically a plate with little tastes of a variety of foods, served of course, with bread! There were some raw carrots, radish and cauliflower with an anchovie sauce, toast with tomato tapinade, half a boiled egg with olive tapinade, roasted capsicum, tuna paste, lentils, aubergine dip and aubergine tart. So tasty, and so provencale!!
Dessert was thin slices of chocolate fondant with chocolate sauce and custard. I gather there were other options, but as soon I heard “chocolate fondant” I stopped listening and placed my order! The others said, “me too!”.
A quiet afternoon updating the blog (you’re welcome!) and a lovely roast chicken for dinner tonight!
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