Category Archives: Eating out

It’s apple pie season. Hooray!

Posted on July 19, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

One of my favourite times of the year is when there is a supply of fresh apples of the varieties that are best suited to making apple cakes or apple pies. For cakes, I use either Golden Delicious or Granny … Continue reading →

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Best meals in Côte d’Or: Chez Jeannette

Posted on June 5, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

The day of our move from Beaune to Dijon was May the 1st, May Day, also Labour Day  and therefore a public holiday in France. After breakfast, we headed north, leaving the main highway at Clos de Vougeot to rejoin the … Continue reading →

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Vienna return & farewell

Posted on June 2, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

Our second morning in Cesky Krumlov brought the promise of warm, fine days to close our tour. As Janos, a performer of numerous minor driving miracles, pointed our coach in the direction of Austria, any memories of the cool, showery … Continue reading →

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Best meals in Côte d’Or: La Grilladine encore!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

Frau Grounds has just pointed out that my account of how we spent Tuesday afternoon comprised activities which actually occurred the next day, except for the bit about tasting white wines. Not that one should let the facts get in … Continue reading →

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Best meals in Côte d’Or: La Grilladine

Posted on May 5, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

We returned to Beaune after our lunch at Meursault, parked the car at our hotel, freshened up and headed off to stroll around the old town centre. Exploring Beaune on foot is a pleasant and interesting activity. There several pedestrian-only … Continue reading →

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Best meals in Côte d’Or: Hotel du Centre, Meursault

Posted on May 3, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

Tuesday dawned with the promise of a cool but mostly dry day, ideal for touring. After a satisfactory breakfast at our hotel, we took the N974 south to explore the Côte de Beaune. We hoped for experiences that would make … Continue reading →

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Best meals in Côte d’Or: un petit surpris en Epinac

Posted on May 3, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

During our three days in and around Beaune we had five happy dining experiences. The simplest of these was in the village of Epinac, just off the main road from Autun back to Beaune; I chose it on a whim … Continue reading →

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Burgundy travel miscellany

Posted on May 3, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

Here are some miscellaneous experiences and observations about visiting the Côte d’Or region. Grand Cru, Premier Cru and all that jargon A meaningful part of our experience was to drive through the wine districts on secondary roads that traversed the … Continue reading →

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Dinner chez Pramil

Posted on May 1, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

We first dined at Pramil restaurant in December 2009. The meal was excellent but the experience was muted by the fact that none of the staff spoke English and I was only half a day into refreshing my schoolboy French. Last year, … Continue reading →

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At last, a visual!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

To date, this blog has comprised words, words and more words – thousands of them! In my defence, it used to be possible to follow a link from one of my old posts to several photo albums relating to our … Continue reading →

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