We were all smartly dressed ready to go to the Restaurant Loiseau des Vignes.
We had a walk around town and a guided tour of an amazing boutique hotel that had just opened in Beaune.
We then had lunch at the restaurant. It was everything we had imagined. The food was wonderful. We started with Moules de Buchot,cremeux de pomme de terre, haddock en tartine croustillante, followed by Quenelles de Sandra Faconnee a la cuillere sauce homardine, followed Assiete de fromages affines followed by Boulgour au miel et pistache, figue rotie et Granite au vin rouge. The service was excellent and although the wine came in at 75 euros a bottle for Poiully Fusse, it was delicious.
The maitre'D was very friendly and printed out our individual menus for us. He explained that Raymond Blanc visited often and we had sat at his table.
It was very interesting to see how a top restaurant deals with complaints. A farmer who produces expensive meats was dining with his wife. He had chosen a very expensive special cut of meat and was not happy with it. The maître d was called and he discussed it with the customer. Then the chef came out and looked at the customer with disdain, obviously confident that his meat was the best. The customer was then ushered out and despatched, after paying his bill. The was no “customer is king” here!
The meal took up a large part of the day. We wondered around town did some shopping at the famous cheese shop, Alain Hess, and then had a quiet night.