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From Our Visitors Book...

 

"...highly recommend Jon & Julia's cooking.
 
"Experienced the [food] on our last night - Exceptional. Everything was fantastic. A perfect end to our holiday."
 
"...the meals cooked by Jon & Julia were delicious - the desserts to die for."
   
"Jon's cooking a real treat, well worth it."  
   
"...the food was superb, especially the posh dinner we really enjoyed not cooking."  
   
"...we prefered the [food] to any of the restaurants around..."  
      

Food

 

Taking the "self" out of "self-catering"

 

 


Although our gites and holiday homes are advertised on a self catering basis, we are pleased to be able to offer options for providing meals. For families with children, these confer an extra level of flexibility, allowing you to enjoy days out at the beach without having to worry about cooking dinner. We can arrange to have a meal waiting for you when you first arrive allowing you to relax into your holiday.


Pre-Prepared Meals

 

Our meals are offered on a "Plat du Jour" basis.  For 2008, the weekly menu will be taken from the following: 

  • Carbonnade de Boeuf with Roasted Vegetables - thin slices of off beef, browned and then cooked slowly for three hours in beer flavoured with herbs;

  • Lasagne with Green Salad and Garlic Bread

  • Turkey Tagine with Cous-Cous stuffed Aubergines - aromatic spices combine with dried fruit in this classic North African dish

  • Herby Veal chops with Gratin Dauphinois

  • Poulet Basque  (Spanish style Chicken and Rice) - Chicken portions cooked with spicy chorizo sausage, pepper and paprika

  • Coq au Vin - THE French Classic

  • Jon’s special-secret-recipe Meatballs served with Rice

  • Chilli con Carne served with Rice

  • Chicken Curry (Medium heat, loosely based on Dhansak)

  • Seasonal Fish Pie

  • French Onion Tart with Ratatouille (vegetarian)

For children:

  • Macaroni cheese

  • Simple chicken casserole

  • Cottage pie

Plus dessert of the day - this could be lemon tart, ice cream, chocolate moose, almond & orange blossom cake. All are, of course, homemade.

Price €12 per head (chidren's menus €6).

All the meat we use is "Label Rouge" or similar which shows it comes from producers with properly audited wealfare standards. For poultry this means free range, while beef and veal is outdoor reared on grass spring, summer & autumn. Eggs are from free range flocks or from our own hens (left).

 

 

Our Gites in the Vendée

Les Alouettes

 Gite sleeps up to 8

Plus two infants

Four bedrooms

La Maison du Blé

Sleeps up to 11

Plus three infants

Five bedrooms

Les Chardonnerets

Sleeps up to 9

Plus two infants

Five bedrooms

 

 

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