Gourmets

Having had a couple of days to put the brakes on eating and drinking, it was time to pick up where we'd left off. After the morning language exchang we went off with Geneviève and Daniel to buy cava at Caramany. For lunch we went to La Plaça but were a little bit disappointed. The wait was just a bit too long and the usual attentio, to detail was missing. Still we ate well and that's the main thing. Home for a cuppa and then on to the bar for a "dégustation" of the "Primeur", the new seasons wine. Luckily Jean-Louis has the support of the Anglophone community; there were 9 of us tasting and five others regulars at the bar drinking what they normally drink. It was all a bit sad really. Then came the highlight of the day.

This week is the week when good food is in the limelight. Kids in school are taught how to develop their palates and events are organised throughout the country. We were lucky enough to inherit the Mayor's invitation to one such event. It was "la Cuisine Catalane révisitée" with a menu devised by two 3* Micelin chefs. It was delicious with pigeon breast as the main course. I was just delighted with the thought of fewer pigeons in this world. Each course came with a different wine and it was all scrummy.