Anyone fancy a good meal?

   

    Yesterday was our 38th wedding anniversary, and to commemorate all that (mainly) happy time, we decided to celebrate it in style with a meal out. To kill two birds with one stone, we decided also to try out the Restaurant du Canton in our next village of Longré.
  Funnily enough, although we are part of the canton of Loubillé, Longré is actually the nearer village, perhaps this is because it is over the Départment border in the Charente. The little café there closed a year ago, due I think, to a divorce and has only recently re-opened. It has been entirely refurbished by its new owners and offers a welcoming little bar area and a larger restaurant area, newly constructed under a most impressive conservatory at the rear of the bar. It is all very clean and pleasant, nice and warm, too on a rather chilly evening. The couple now running it are extremely welcoming and hospitable. They come from the Paris area.
  But what about the food, I hear you ask. Well, we were not disappointed. The menu is fairly simple, not surprising in a little establishment still in the process of building up its clientelle. Better a simple menu, than a great list of dishes not available or straight out of the microwave!.
   We started with an apero, as it was a special occasion. Kim had a Kir, and I had a white Pineau, both were excellent, and accompanied with the usual nibbles. Then came an entrée, not mentioned on the menu, which consisted of a delicious slice of quiche, with salad. After that, both Kim and I had chosen Escalope of Turkey with a Tarragon sauce. This was accompanied with delightfully light sautéd potatoes. Very tasty! Afterwards, for dessert we ate a creme brulée, which was one of the best I have ever tasted, with the creme still chilled and the caramelised brown sugar warm and crispy on the top.  We finished with a coffee in the bar area. The menu price, which includes a small carafe of wine and the coffee, was a very reasonable 12 Euros apiece. The meal was well-served on attractive square plates and the tables had proper linen cloths with a red satin runner.
  I`m sorry that I don`t have the nerve to photograph each dish, like someone we could name, you will have to take my word that it was all most attractively presented. Altogether a most enjoyable meal and we can thoroughly recommend this restaurant!
   Bye for now, all this talk of food has given me an appetite for lunch!