We had a lovely meal out with our friends from Minnesota (Cindy & Rich) in Roussillon. I had Aioli, which is a dish from Marseille, centered around a sauce by the same name, which is a fresh garlic mayonnaise. It comes on a platter, with a bowl of the sauce in the middle (never tasted such strong, raw garlic flavor in my life but it was wonderful- made sure everyone tried it so we’d all reek of garlic together!) surrounded by a big piece of fish (la morue: cod), a hot hard boiled egg, steamed potatoes, skinny green beans and other vegetables. Served with the inevitable crusty french bread. It was really good! (sorry I ate it before I thought to get a picture!) We did have some luscious desserts, a couple of which are pictured here: profiteroles (cream puffs filled with ice cream, drizzled with homemade chocolate sauce), tarte tatin (upside down pear tarte with homemade vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce) and a very nice creme brulee. Other pictures are a few other food/market pictures. We found a nice market in the Camargue where I got to taste (& buy) lots of olives. The men sampled the locally produced sausages (including bull, donkey and ostrich!), I just tried the beef!
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