To eat out in France is different from Denmark (where I am from).

One example: there is no menu, you eat what Madame has cooked for the day (while Monsieur is the waiter)

Wheather it is for lunch or dinner is will be a 5 course meal always in this order:

• Soup
• “Starter”
• Meat/fowl
• Cheese
• Dessert often a tart

The table is all laid including a bottle of chilled red wine, which is included in the menu, the price is around $25

The other day however we found a restaurant with choices but only 3 courses, 2 menus one $25 and $28, each had 3 choices.

The $25 looked like this:

Starter Fois Gras with black current jam and curry powder

Main: Grilled Duck Confit w/ French Fries (I could have chosen veggies!)

I forgot to take the photo before I started to eat – it was so delicious with crisp skin.

…. drum rolls please !!!!! chocolate cake served in a hat made of china w/ black current jam on the sides.

Same “hat” shot from another angle

A view from inside the restaurant to the rain and mountain:

The village is San Céré , the name of the restaurant is 5 Céré [5 in French is "cinq" so the pronunciation will be the same both for the village and the restaurant]

A funny wall painting, unfortunately I could not move the table and chairs so I only got about 2/3 of it.

Notice the road sign: 5 Cére

It was a most enjoyable evening shared with good friends.

We ended the meal with coffee and a walk through the (old) village.

More photos from the village San Céré can be seen at my Flickr account Surfsusan’s Flick Account