Au Reflet des Limousines

Au Reflet des Limousines 
Ecuras
Phone: 05 45 67 09 89

Saturday, 4-April-15

Dinner with Shirley&Terry and Lynn&Ric while Mandy's new band played. Band good, dinner not so; and served way too late. We should have been finishing when the band started, instead we were just starting. Starters were nice. We had a salad with perfectly cooked gésiers; people leery of those had a little pastry with scallops. Our main was pasta with gambas. The sauce was pretty good, but there were only three shrimps per plate, lying on limp, overcooked pasta, long past the al dente stage. Raspberry confections for dessert weren't bad. They can really do better.

Friday, 8-August-14

We had lunch here with Barbara, Shirley, and Terry. Had been meaning to try it since we saw Shirley's band there. Quite a find. A three-course meal plus wine for €15. There was a selection of dishes for each course. Between us, we covered them all and they were all good. Lovely location and terrace overlooking a lake.

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Le Resto Basque

Le Resto Basque
Ecuras
Phone: 05.45 25.47.60

Charente Libre

Saturday, 15-Nov-14

We finally made it here for Ed's birthday lunch. Pretty good food, although tomato-less is a bit difficult. The weekend menu is €22; the weekday menu is €13.50. There's apparently no printed menu, just the selection on the chalkboards. With our apertifs there were some nice tapas/munchies. One was a blackish glop she said was calamares with squid ink. We thought it was very tasty, but not of seafood. I had axao de veau. a nice stew of veal. Ed had gambas a l'espagnol. Both good, substantial servings. Sides of frites were good, but too salty. (Can frites be too salty? Yes, it seems.) With a pichet of a non-descript rosé as the wine. Then we each had a slice of gâteau basque, which was needlessly swimming in créme anglaise. Worth a return visit.