I went on a lunch date with Belli to my favorite Vancouver restaurant, La Regalade. It is a quaint French Bistro with heavy oak tables, comfortable, smoking chairs, crisp, white linen, and glorious food. It is not the snooty type of restaurant that has a warden for a Maitre d' and maximum security prison ambiance. Neither does the cuisine use the fine-dining type of plating that's high on the pretty and low on the flavor with servings that can't fill up even a midget on a diet.
La Regalade offers French Provencal cooking which is a lot of slow-cooked casseroles that have been simmering all day. The heart of every dish is the fruit of small family farm lands and the meat from their few heads of livestock. They are infused with fruity wine, smothered with fresh herbs, and simmered for days. The duck and prune stew, the beef bourguignon, escargot, duck confit, and moules marinieres are pure joy.
Today I had the Salade Niciose with a glass of Pinot Blanc and Belli had Soupe a l'oignion. We shared the Pate Campagne with red onion confit, dijon nustard, and cornichons, and had tarte au chocolat chaud and ile flotante for dessert.
I'm a happy cow!
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