France trip, Jul 2007 - Random food pic

In France, you would have to try extra hard to get bad food. In the 1.5 week that we spent in Provence, we had simple food from a local bistro to extravagant dishes from 3-Michelin starred restaurant. They were all pretty good (We did complain about some of the Michelin-starred restaurants, but their food wasn't bad. They were just not special!), and they were definitely better value than what we get in the UK!

Here are some random pics:

Escargots

Scallop salad

Steak tartare. Whoever invented this dish is a genius! I love my raw stuff. Raw meat plus a raw egg is a great combo!

Duck breast in orange sauce.

Pied en paquets. Tripe, pig's trotter and lard. A very Provencale dish. The French are similar to the Chinese when it comes to food: no edible parts are wasted.

Chicken stew.

Scallop salad at a different restaurant. The scallops are cooked differently this time.

Garlic frog legs! That's a great number of legs!

Prawns with a curry-liked sauce. It is very very tasty! Too bad the prawns weren't peeled!

Steak. Comfort food. And French does their steak the proper way: bleu!

Fish pieces with some interesting spices. It is a very simple dish, yet very delicious.

Cous-cous. The restaurant owner was Moroccan. The soup was really really delicious! I finished it all up. If I have a thermos with me, I would have asked for takeaway! It is that good.

Mango ice cream

Chocolate torte

The third scallop salad we had on the trip. This time, the scallops are quite small and they are fried until crunchy.

Garlic muscles. Yummmm....

Squid from the market. We carry our own fork and spoon around and we happily use it whenever we can! hahaha.