The weather during these holidays have been consistently good. Occasionally we have had some cloudy mornings, with the sun bursting out in full glory eventually. Bonifacio, being a seaside port, has many beaches in the surrounding areas. Most of the group went for a swim and a relaxing lunch at Plage de la Tonnara.
At least this beach is much more sandy than the ones we went to in Sardinia. It has a much smaller beach strip but the water was warm and there was once again beautiful blue and green colours in the water. I dipped my feet and walked along the beach. We found these interesting bits of translucent pieces washed ashore. Not quite sure what they really were but they were intriguing.
Then most of us sat down at the restaurant nearest to the beach and just relaxed over a meal. The restaurant's name was Le Gouland. Not knowing what the quality of the food would be, we all took a punt and we were pleasantly surprised at how good the food was.
I ordered Espagnole Mussels which was cooked with capsicum, onions and chorizo. Judy had the St Jacques Mussels, Warwick had the Genoise pizza and Linley had the Asparagus and ham salad. Others had similar dishes but Maggie and Lucy also ordered Calzone. All the food was delicious. I could not believe how much mussels I had, it came in this big black pot. On top of that, we also got pommes frites when we ordered mussels.
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| Genoise Pizza |
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| Asparagus and ham salad |
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| Espagnole mussels |
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| Pommes frites |
Some of the group had desserts. In the mix there was Mille feuille, Creme brûlée and Cafe gourmand (a tasting plate).
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| Creme brûlée |
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| Mille feuille |
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| Cafe gourmand |
We were all quite replete when we left the beach.
2 comments:
Oh yum yum yum. The desserts look gorgeous! Ditto the pizza. And the beautiful beach! And the translucent thing whatever it is!!! What a lovely experience all round Cinds!!
I could not help being distracted by the cream brulee, beuatiful sea colours and the mussels.
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