Since this is our last Sunday in Provence and actually the only Sunday without obligations (Rasteau and Marseilles were the other two) we finally got to La Tuilerie for lunch. This farmhouse situated in the heart of Plan de Dieu wine country and only a few kilometres from Chez Pigeon is actually a wine domaine/gite/farmhouse/restaurant. We have been here numerous times in the past for their six course prix fixe, but today under plane trees with the cicadas humming and out of the Provencal sun, it was the place to be.
There is a set menu and the food is served country style but we have always enjoyed the experience - it is not haute cuisine in a country where every other restaurant had aspirations of the Michelin star. We started with an amuse bouche of an aperitif white wine and grapefruit juice concoction that hit the spot, accompanied by a tomato gazpacho and olive tapenade.
Second course was a zucchini terrine, while third course(not shown) was an eggplant parmesan.
Our main course was pork shoulder with polenta and dessert was a chocolate mousse. The servings were not overly large, so we ate most of the menu with the exception of the cheese course, which we generally find superfluous.
Upon paying our bill in the "cave" we encountered a Dutch couple - we think - unhappy with their meal and experience. We stuck up for the Madame, saying that the happy larger party of, as it turns out, Belgians about which the Dutch were griping, reminded us of being with family with lots of fun and frivolity. The Dutch couple left with their tail between their legs. Yeah Canadians!
One of the constants at this restaurant are the wandering kitties, although in the past there were chickens who came along with them. Escaping to air conditioning was the order of the rest of the day, but as I suggested earlier, this place is just heating up.
There is a set menu and the food is served country style but we have always enjoyed the experience - it is not haute cuisine in a country where every other restaurant had aspirations of the Michelin star. We started with an amuse bouche of an aperitif white wine and grapefruit juice concoction that hit the spot, accompanied by a tomato gazpacho and olive tapenade.
Second course was a zucchini terrine, while third course(not shown) was an eggplant parmesan.
Our main course was pork shoulder with polenta and dessert was a chocolate mousse. The servings were not overly large, so we ate most of the menu with the exception of the cheese course, which we generally find superfluous.
Upon paying our bill in the "cave" we encountered a Dutch couple - we think - unhappy with their meal and experience. We stuck up for the Madame, saying that the happy larger party of, as it turns out, Belgians about which the Dutch were griping, reminded us of being with family with lots of fun and frivolity. The Dutch couple left with their tail between their legs. Yeah Canadians!
One of the constants at this restaurant are the wandering kitties, although in the past there were chickens who came along with them. Escaping to air conditioning was the order of the rest of the day, but as I suggested earlier, this place is just heating up.
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