Category: gastronomy

Damage control

What happens when you let yourself freewheel through one of the greatest gastronomies on the planet?

The weight plies on

I ate what I liked – and what’s not to like about French cuisine?
Those delicious dishes at great restaurants with excellent chefs and lovely service

After the holiday dining there is this unhealthy weight gain
The overeating – for just one more mouthful has to stop

Now I have to do some damage control
The diet has to start
The control has to start – I have to watch it
Self discipline has to be enabled
before it goes so far that nothing in my wardrobe fits anymore.

training has to start
I am lucky there because I do like training, working out, walking and cycling
So I am ahead of the game there –

But it still needs to be done
Damage control days have arrived.

Eating our way through France

We are back from our gastronomic extravaganza in France
We travelled from restaurant to bistro to terrace.

Eating our way through one of the best countries in the world for food
Exceptional culinary experiences from breakfast to lunch to diner.
We were quite simply in foodie heaven, the aroma of herbs, the flavour of sauces, the soft and crispy bread, the melting butter.
Good wines, the odd aperitif in the sunset hours, a five course degustation
We take eating very seriously, especially here, focusing on the flavours, textures, combinations.
The well laid tables, the glittering glasses and excellent tableware, the crisp tablecloths.
The professional, knowledgeable waiters, the sommelier introducing us to a new wine.
The genius in the kitchen.

This is where we like to be when we are on holiday.
Now I have a plateful of glorious memories
a notebook full of recipes
and a file of foodie photos.
As well as a few extra kilos

All absolutely worth it.
Please, do, eat your way through France. – it comes highly recommended