30 years ago Barbara ate lunch there with Beverly and Arthur Liss. Now Anne Sophie, the granddaughter of the founder is a celebrated chef - still rare for a woman.
All the other grand chefs, like Paul Bocuse, signed her jacket when she became a grand chef.
They have been rated highly in the Guide Michelin for quite a while.
And now the elegant meal
This is a butter knife standing straight up
The unusual table setting
Amuse bouche
Beet salad
5 dessert courses
The biggest coffee cup we have had in espresso oriented France
On our way back home to Amboise, we made two stops. The first was the medieval village of Eze, extremely high up on the cliffs over Monaco and the Mediterranean. It was the closest place to heaven on earth for us.
The meal and dining room were exquisite
The twinkling lights far far below created a magical atmosphere
Incredibly flaky onion roll - gives new meaning to melt in your mouth
Scallops
The morning breakfast on the terrace provided a truly awesome view.
The Chèvre d'Or where we stayed had sculptures everywhere in the most picturesque settings.
Stone animals roaming all over the gardens
Lola hitching a ride
Then it was on to Vichy for the night at Maison Decoret.
There are only 5 bedrooms in this restaurant/hotel and each is decorated in a very modern inventive style. Below are the cookies they brought to our room for our bed downturn snack.
There is no mention of the Petain government in Vichy. The only reference we found to that era is below. July 10, 1940 was just days after the fall of France to the Germans.
Interesting to note that "The Diary of Anne Frank" was being performed.
Vichy is primarily known for its healing waters which are dispensed through the faucets below. Some are free - others are not. They all smell of sulfur.
There is a turn of the century (1900) charm to the area.
Why the water fountain for dogs was in English is still a mystery.
