While saying I am certainly not a fan of the method of feeding the geese for the Foie Gras, and Mal does not enjoy it, I will be honest and say I do enjoy good Foie Gras.  Maybe that’s an influence from Yvette our wonderful French cleaner, come member of the family, whose house-keeping help we enjoyed for about  15 years, and who is also a very good cook !!!

I am amused by the many “geese” in this region.  Foie Gras shops after Foie Gras shops. Nearly more than the wine shops !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have been staying in the beautiful region of the Dordogne in southern France for the past couple of days. It is an area made up of some of the most unique villages I have ever seen. We stayed in Sarlat-La-Caneda, and whether we explored the bastide town of Domme, the beautiful river side villages of Baynac and La Roque Gageac, the magical cliff side town of Rocamadour,  Mal’s favourite little village on the hill, Belves, or the numerous chateaux of the “one hundred years war”, we were close.

After a morning of exploring the villages including many more stairs, today we decided at about 2pm to give the traditional French way of eating a go. Very small breakfast, huge lunch (3 courses) and small dinner (none for us). We found a small restaurant on the hill in Rocque Gageac and ordered their set menu (in French….very adventurous for Mal !!!!), and really enjoyed it. They start with a generous salad first, (we had Les Nems de Canard, sauce Sangria ….ate the lot), then Mal had the chicken dish we hope (Les Brochettes de blanc de volaille au miel et moutarde a la ancienne) and I enjoyed Le Confit de Canard ( Yummy….but could not eat it all…. I wonder why), and then we finished with La Tarte au Pommes. Will do more walking later today, but actually feel ok. I think the salad to start is a great idea.

Hope you enjoy my photos of the villages……