Sunday, August 23, 2009

The French Series: Moules et Frites


Last night we headed up to Cabris, a little hilltop town close to where we are staying, to air the kids out and grab a little kir royale and bierre a la pression... However, the moules et frites at the table next to us unwittingly rearranged our plans. Instead of a quick drink, we grabbed a table and settled into a few pots of moules et frites - a la provencial - a tomato-herb sauce, marinière - broth and vegetables, de la maison - tomatoes, garlic and creme, and creme ail - garlic and cream and mmmmmmmmmm the best frites you ever did eat. One of the kids passed out in the stroller, the other ate several fries and sucked on a few mussel shells. They slept til 9 this morning. A world record. Perhaps we should be having moules et frites more often?

2 comments:

  1. Fantastic!! Fridtjof will be getting frites for dinner tonight! C'ant possibly get hold of moules here so french fries will have to do the trick!

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  2. It was probably the fries - all that grease mmm makes me sleepy just thinking about it. I mean what's a few extra kilos when sleeping in is at stake? Kisses to Fridtjof xxx and to you too of course xxx

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