Nathalie's Menton - Kir Pétillant
Look at the good things you find at the Beausejour, the beautiful restaurant in the square of Gorbio, a medieval village 7 kilometres above Menton.
In this photograph by Nathalie of Avignon, we are looking at Kir Pétillant - made with sparkling wine, as opposed to champagne, when it would be called Kir Royale. The flavours - lavande, coquelicot, rose and violette (lavender, poppy, rose and violet).
For lunch, we chose the restaurant's speciality, La Farandole, which you can see by clicking on the link.
Please visit Richmond-upon-Thames for Chuckeroon's photo of this drink. I think it went down rather well with the visitors!
In this photograph by Nathalie of Avignon, we are looking at Kir Pétillant - made with sparkling wine, as opposed to champagne, when it would be called Kir Royale. The flavours - lavande, coquelicot, rose and violette (lavender, poppy, rose and violet).
For lunch, we chose the restaurant's speciality, La Farandole, which you can see by clicking on the link.
Please visit Richmond-upon-Thames for Chuckeroon's photo of this drink. I think it went down rather well with the visitors!
Thank goodness I'm first, and I get first choice of these kirs petillants...I'll take the lavender one. I have been drooling all over my keyboard over your lunch photo...Oh, how I miss (southern) France....
ReplyDeleteAnd that peony is gorgeous. Go see Virginia in Birmingham's banner....
Wonderful composition and inspiring drinks: I'll take coquelicot...
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit annoyed that I cut off the stemm of one of the glasses - just not good enough. I never should have submitted ths photo to you. Peter's was better than mine!
ReplyDeleteBut I love the memory of these four flavoured "kirs", weren't they fun to taste? My favourite was poppy!
Cheers to you all. Wish I could have been there.
ReplyDeleteJilly, I am sorry I haven't been visiting at all lately - I have been so frantically busy at work and with LIFE, just posting every day is about all I can attend to.
Things are fine - health seems to be fully restored.
Love xxxx
Oh, Nathalie, I wouldn't change the cropping at all. It works beautifully precisely because you DO have a partial of the flower and the glass. You've captured a wonderful energy here. If you'd expanded the borders of the shot it would have seemed less vital, less immediate.
ReplyDeleteDamn - so you waited till I left before opening the booze! (only kidding)
ReplyDeleteNice photo Nathalie. I wonder what colour mine would have been if I was still there - blue probably
Wow, la photo est magnifique. Nathalie est une très bonne photographe, et méticuleuse avec ça (d'après son commentaire).
ReplyDeleteJe voudrais la violette s'il vous plait. My daughter ordered two bottles of the syrup after we had violette sparklers at a local restaurant. I had one just last night! This is a gorgeous shot Nathalie! Bravo!
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Note to self while in France : bring back "creme de cassis". Thank you for the reminder. It's only 8 am in Los Angeles, but "man does it look refreshing!"
ReplyDeleteYes, these glasses were a pleasure for the eyes and for the flavour! I guess we all took the picture, but especially, we will keep them in our minds!
ReplyDeleteI am so thirsty when I am looking at these:) Great photo!
ReplyDeleteI'd have to wait for the Kir Royale which is always a fav this part of the world with me. On a dreary May day catching up on your week has been a tonic. An envious one though.
ReplyDeleteI'll have any one of those please! Hic...
ReplyDeleteun petit apéro quelques blogueurs sympathiques : elle est pas belle la vie ?
ReplyDeleteOh so like you to notice, Nathalie. I didn't until you mentioned it :-). These are gorgeous and I love the colors and composition. I feel like I'm at table with you. Wish I were!
ReplyDeleteJilly, I was thinking of you recently when I ordered a house-made lemon aperitif at a local restaurant. I'll take this opportunity to raise one of those glasses to you all. And, may I have a sip of each? :-)
-Kim