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La Camargue, Arles, France

Sorry for the delay. Had a snag with the wi fi. Never mind, here we go:

One of our dinners out was to drive to ARLES and enjoy a wonderful dinner (for us, it was a return visit). When we arrived inside the walls of the medieval town, we were told we had 5 minutes to take pictures. I remembered a certain shop I wanted to be sure to find again so, we took off like bolt to find where we we had bought the world’s best nougat. Got it!!

Now off to this wonderful establishment owned and operated by a wonderful lady named Alexia. Your eyes won’t believe all the food that comes to the table. We are dining inside a courtyard inside the restaurant and it is non-stop. Beautiful appetizers, wines, main course and a delightful lemon meringue pie. Wow!

The entertainment is so wonderful, led by Paco on  guitar and vocals by Gegi.They entertained for a couple of hours and when they found out it was our anniversary, they sat beside us and Gegi sang the most romantic and sincerely given song, the tears flowed (yeah, you all know me). It scared Paco and he held my hand, apologizing. Don explained the ‘why’ of it all.

Now, out of the blue, our guide, Phillipe, picks up a guitar and they all play  and sing a few numbers. We sang and clapped until, sadly, the pumpkin was going to depart.

Recommend this? Ten thousand percent. Make sur you make the drive, so very, very worth it.

 

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Pastime Bar and Grill, Oroville, Washington

We were in the States yesterday to get some gas and a few groceries and, on a word from our friend Ed, decided to go here for lunch.

http://www.pastimebarandgrill.com/

WOW! Oliver should be so lucky to have a restaurant like this one.

It is large, clean, great set up and a wonderful menu. The Chef and service staff really seem to appreciate what they have. The inside walls are a beautiful brick, the backdrop to the bar is a fabulous dark wood. The tables are simple  and tastefully done and the chairs are comfortable.

Don ordered the baby back ribs that came with fiery spicy cold sweet potatoes and what looked like pork belly and chard. For us (just an opinion), if the potatoes were hot in temperature it would not have been such a shock.. His comment was that the ribs should be slow cooked until they fall off the bone. These were tough, chewy and three of the ribs were burnt black.  A little fine tweeking in the kitchen and they have a wonderful winner. (I liked the sauce).

I ordered the black ling cod po’ boy. Wow, it is huge but really sloppy to try to eat. All I can say is more napkins please or wrap it in paper.

We loved this…the ambience is fabulous and, as we sat here eating our lunch, it was getting filled up with customers. I hope it succeeds.

We tried to figure out the menu concept and came up with a “southern” feel.

Go give it a try!

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