June 17, 2012
Cluny is a much, much smaller place
than Paris, and seems warmer in terms of its atmosphere town's folk.
I was sort of reminded of the little village Mdm Rocher and daughter
drifted into one winter, but without all that English. We were
checked in into Cluny Séjour, a former building of the abbey Cluny
is purportedly famous for. It had thick walls, rather eerie
corridors, and no wifi. We would study in its candle workshop.
Producing the means for illumination. Haha.
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| Cluny-Séjour |
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| Our first excursion into Cluny town. It had cobblestone roads. |
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| Yonder is a really old tower |
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| Being tourists. Just look at Dr. Max's face of awe. |
We then went to have a nice dinner/reception at the Le Cellier de
l'Abbaye – Vin et Spiriteux (Vente au Détail) that is supposed to not be
like a real French dinner because it was composed of mostly entrées
(the French version) and cheese balls, and wine. A bit about the Cellier
before I go into the food (which I suppose most would be interested
in). The shop is rather odd, I've been told, to be in a small,
near-wine-producing town because it offers wines and spirits from other
regions in its selection, besides locally produced one.
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| The Cellier, which is to be our emergency rendezvous if we were to get lost in Cluny. |
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| The Cellier, sans touristy people |
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| The Cellier interior with its shelves of spirits and counter of cheeses |
The first thing we had was wine and cheese puffs. Actually, we had a
little lesson on savoring the wine and describing the flavors (fruity
comes up rather often in the aroma. And berries). Then we had cheese
puffs.
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| A lesson in wine-tasting |
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| Wine and cheese puffs |
The cheese puffs
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| The cheese puffs |
THE CHEESE PUFFS
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| THE CHEESE PUFFS aka why are there only five left |
The cheese puffs (known as Gougère, and also known as THE CHEESE PUFFS,
heavenly, OMG it's the cheese puffs, etc.) are a specialty of the
Burgundy region and taste wonderful. They are usually served with wine.
Or wine is served with them. Either way it works out.
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| Wine and cheese puffs. Or cheese puffs and wine. |
We went on to have chicken pâté - baked in a nice bread crust, lentil
salad, carrot salad, some cherry tomatoes, little cones of fresh goat
cheese which tasted like goat, and a cream-cheese thing studded with
sultanas. For dessert we had a bread-cake thing which name escapes me.
It was brilliant.
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| This isn't the pate, but it was good too. Some sort of ham with herbs and gelatin |
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| A limited shot of our spread |
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| Lentil salad |
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| Little goats |
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| Creamy cheese. With sultanas. |
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| The bread-cake thing |
Then we went back to Cluny Séjour to sleep off our food and wine and purported jet lag.
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| Obligatory face-shot of Asian Alcohol Glow. |
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