Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 16:51:59 GMT
From ‘Gluten Free World’
Logis de France, Domaine du Pont l’Eyre (near Bordeaux), France
On arrival at this Logis de France hotel I checked in, then was asked if I was the ‘sans gluten’ (gluten free) guest. To this I replied yes, and then I was shown all the produce they had just bought on a trip to Bordeaux that morning. The owners had bought GF cookies, baguettes, sliced bread and pasta. I think because one of them is the main chef he was keen to please, and I was both pleased and slightly embarrassed at all the effort they had gone too (especially as although I had mentioned on the online booking form about my allergy, the hotel is in the middle of a small town, and therefore I expected to not be able to eat much at all!) I have also found it hard to by gluten free produce in a lot of French supermarkets in the past so maybe it is getting slightly better.
For dinner that evening, I had the 'surprise' 3 course set menu, of course reminding them about it being gluten free. Whilst making my food, the waitress came out a few times to ask if I was allowed cream, and parmesan cheese.
My starter consisted of half a lobster with salad. It was amazing. Then I had fillet steak with vegetables and a side of the gluten free pasta the chef had bought earlier. I had also been given 2 slices of GF bread to accompany my meal and by this time I was pretty full! But then dessert came out....it was lots of little desserts, all gluten free. I had a small raspberry mousse, a small creme brulee, a piece of dark chocolate mousse 'cake' and some sorbet with a GF cookie on top. It was all amazing but I've never eaten so much food in one place!
For breakfast the next morning I had a pack of 2 gluten free rolls sealed and laid out for me, a small portion of strawberries and a yogurt. I didn't need a lot of the food I've packed after all!
I really recommend staying here, I was really looked after and the rooms were also lovely and extremely comfortable. It's a great stop off for those travelling from the UK to Spain by car as I was.
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Logis de France, Domaine du Pont l’Eyre (near Bordeaux), France
On arrival at this Logis de France hotel I checked in, then was asked if I was the ‘sans gluten’ (gluten free) guest. To this I replied yes, and then I was shown all the produce they had just bought on a trip to Bordeaux that morning. The owners had bought GF cookies, baguettes, sliced bread and pasta. I think because one of them is the main chef he was keen to please, and I was both pleased and slightly embarrassed at all the effort they had gone too (especially as although I had mentioned on the online booking form about my allergy, the hotel is in the middle of a small town, and therefore I expected to not be able to eat much at all!) I have also found it hard to by gluten free produce in a lot of French supermarkets in the past so maybe it is getting slightly better.
For dinner that evening, I had the 'surprise' 3 course set menu, of course reminding them about it being gluten free. Whilst making my food, the waitress came out a few times to ask if I was allowed cream, and parmesan cheese.
My starter consisted of half a lobster with salad. It was amazing. Then I had fillet steak with vegetables and a side of the gluten free pasta the chef had bought earlier. I had also been given 2 slices of GF bread to accompany my meal and by this time I was pretty full! But then dessert came out....it was lots of little desserts, all gluten free. I had a small raspberry mousse, a small creme brulee, a piece of dark chocolate mousse 'cake' and some sorbet with a GF cookie on top. It was all amazing but I've never eaten so much food in one place!
For breakfast the next morning I had a pack of 2 gluten free rolls sealed and laid out for me, a small portion of strawberries and a yogurt. I didn't need a lot of the food I've packed after all!
I really recommend staying here, I was really looked after and the rooms were also lovely and extremely comfortable. It's a great stop off for those travelling from the UK to Spain by car as I was.
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