Whenever I am in a new place I am always looking out to trying the regional cuisine in a restaurant or cafe with a nice ambiance. It does not have to be the most popular dish in town in a very swanky place, but at least it should be something new to me and locally made. I am glad to report that I found a lovely place, a creperie and bar restaurant that serves favourite local pastries.
Before the trip I did hours of research online about places for apres ski drink and restaurants to eat in Valloire, but because this ski village is rather small and not many people really blog their winter sport holidays, and if ever they do, they usually write in their own European language, the proactive research proved less fruitful. I would be lucky to see a blog or review in English or Dutch, and if I ever find one, they tend to write about the slope situation and rarely about the gourmet side of things. Because of this, I am all the more resolved to blog about everything I did, saw, ate, experienced and encountered during my holidays. Not only for my own sake of journaling but for others as well who want to come prepared, be inspired, are curious or just want to know.
Succulent Pommes Cuites
Restaurant (no website): Le Plancher des Vaches Creperie-Bar
Address: Rue de Tigny (near the Cret de la Brive Gondola Station)
When we entered the restaurant I quickly spied some interesting yet delicious looking pastry sitting on the bar counter, so I stopped for a moment and asked the man behind the bar what it is. He said, ‘La Pommes!’
My French vocabulary is horrible, but luckily I understand what pomme means. I knew right away at that moment what to order.
When the pommes cuites arrived, they were love at first sight!
One big cooked apple glazed with some honey and quickly grilled in de oven, another small cooked apple which tasted like it has been drenched in some liquor, sidings of chocolate caramel nut ice cream and whipped cream, and lastly, garnished with toasted almonds and powdered sugar.
This is an exquisite food discovery for me here in Valloire. If you ever come to this place, do visit this lovely restaurant – creperie – bar. They have a very nice ambiance, very cosy Savoyard-style interior design and fitted with a traditional fire place, a small bar with an outdoor terrace as well. Their speciality is crepes and I guess cooked apples as well.
Travel Period: January 2014
Destination: Valloire (Savoie – Rhone-Alpes), France
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