Dinner suggestion Nice

"Joseph Coulter" skrev i meddelandet news:Xns9843E2553E424yourvacationcomcastn@216.196.97.136...

Joseph, It all depends on what you would care for - my favorite place is the Vin sur Vin in rue Biscarra, but, really, that is more of a lunch joint - good wines though, they don't have a wine list, you just go into the cellar with M Frank and take your pick. If you want something a bit upmarket, I would, with a certain trepidation, recommend L' Âne ROuge in the Old HArbour. HAs one thingy in Guide Michelin, good lamb, good fish, not bad as wine lists go. LAst time we were there we had a CdP from Chapoutier, but I don't recall which. I would put up a warning for another place, L'Universe de Christian Plumaille, which for some reason also has one thingy - we went there once and were sorely disappointed. However, as the saying goes, beware the doctor with one patient - others may have better experiences.

Just my EU 0.02, of course.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

One answer: Vin sur Vin, a small bistro on Rue Biscarra which is a cross street of the boulevard Jean Medecin, right in front of the large Etoile shopping center. Esp. at lunch. Do visit the wine cellar behindthe glass doors, some stuff that you will not find in most restaurants... you can also buy wiune there.

I was there last week and ate very well as usual, not expensive at all, with a glass of Domaine Rimbert.

If owner is there, Franck, say hi to him.

cheers

Mike

PS you might also try Merenda, you cannot reserve, you cannot even call, just show up.

PPSS For wine stores the best is no doubt La Part des Anges.

PPPSSS Next time let me know sooner and I'll come meet you... ;-0 or come to Bandol I'll give you a tour.

Aha, that's the problem when you have 80 posts to read, you reply and the swedish guy has already given a better answer ;-)

when are you back down here Nils?

Mike

Nils Gustaf L> "Joseph Coulter" skrev i meddelandet

"Mike Tommasi" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net...

Ah, most excellent Signor Tommasi! Yes we will be down Oct 27th as things appear now. Will stay for a good week. No plans, as such, except to pop in to one of the olive oil producers we met in Chateauneu-le-rouge this summer. Have you got any good and wicked plans of which you would have us partake? Say on.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

PS Of course, L'Âne Rouge is a bit like BB King in an old silk suit playing and moaning "The thrill is gone" - the craft is there, and a memory of the passion, but, today it is a profession and keeps you in comfort ... still, Vin sur Vin in the evening can be a bit deserted, have you noticed? I am not aware of our esteemed friend Joseph Coulter's tastes, but, if I were jet-lagged and a bit under the weather and wanted a good meal in comfort (there it is again), I might just prefer the donkey to 20/vin - never for lunch mind you! As for Merenda - have you been there? WE have talked about it again and again but never adventured - also, these days, we tend less and less to visit the eateries what with finding good produce close to home ...

And you know how hard it is to find a place to eat in Provence that is better than the cooking we get at home, your place or mine...

Too bloody true, mate, and no mistake.

Cheers

NG

"Mike Tommasi" wrote .....

To which "Nils Gustaf Lindgren" wrote ......

Nils, spoken like a true-blue Australian !!!!

As to Mikes original sentiment, you will only get 100% agreement from His Lordship.

Mike, do you realise that it is nearly 12 months since they agreed to let me into Nice!!!

Time flies. Or is it crickets?

Mike Tommasi wrote in news:4nd962F9qslfU1 @individual.net:

Mike, I daresay that the same could be said of almost any region. I know that the best kitchen in my home town is about 35 feet from me right now. Between my wife and I it is hard to justify a night out anywhere in the area.

That said I appreciate the recommendation for Nice. Since we have lunch and dinner to take care of we might become quite decadnet in our 30 hour layover. :-)

'Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana' Parse and translate into Japanese in the form of a haiku.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

"Joseph Coulter" skrev i meddelandet news:Xns9845E569858E5yourvacationcomcastn@216.196.97.136...

If you have both lunch and dinner, then no worries: take lunch at Vin sur Vin and dinner att Red donkey (L'Âne Rouge). Look for the indigenous course in VsV and the wine-by-glass from small independent producers and you cannot go far wrong.

CHeers

Nils Gustaf

For dinner get a chauffeured limousine and drive one hour to Imperia, go to Agrodolce, Andrea Sarri prepares the most exciting seafood anywhere on the mediterranean.