Category: food & drinks
Kaki, Cachi, Loti
Persimmon – Kaki or Cachi, Loti – as they are known here in French/German and Italian. We have seen two types of persimmon here all imported from Italy. By far the most lusciously sweet and soft fruit is the one on the right. The one on the left is firmer and the texture resembles that of
Home made soup
Sue made this for dinner last night.
Lunch at Colmar in Alsace
On our way to Europa Park (see earlier post), we stopped by Colmar in Alsace for lunch. We exited Switzerland via Basel and chose to drive on the French side of the Rhine – Colmar was a little less than three hours drive from Lausanne. It is the Alsatian wine capital and with the Vosges mountains
Satsuki at Chamonix
Satsuki is a Japanese eatery located just outside the pedestrian precinct of Chamonix. Brightly lit and packed at dinner time, it was. I was expecting a disappointment when I first saw the restaurant. But it turned out to be an authentic Japanese restaurant. The menu was fairly simple but the food tasted right. The patrons