Sunday 2nd August

Almost every small town, and what would be termed villages in England, has a Gourmande Evening.  We have been to a few around and somebody mentioned we should try Sauvetat du Dropt.  It is on a Friday, same night as the excellent one at Sigoules, but as my Mum and Dad are here, and have been to Sigoules twice before we decided to try Sauvetat.  And it was really very good.  The town is smaller than Eymet, but very pretty.  The evening was held in a nice small green park behind the church.  The tables and chairs were much nicer and more comfortable too, an important consideration (the little metal stools at Eymet are really uncomfortable and I am usually dispatched for cushions).  And the food was fabulous and such a variety.  There was Pizza, Bio vegetarian salads, goats cheese wrapped in bacon and grilled, samosas, several cooked dishes with saucisses, and fish and lentils, and best of all Rotisserie Chicken, Grilled Jambon and Jaret (a huge knuckle) of Porc – all with potatoes roasted in the dripping fat from the meat.

My wife had the bio salad which looked lovely, Mum had a quarter chicken and Dad and I had Grilled Ham.  Well our portions were massive and the ham was superb, roasted on the rotisserie then sliced and chucked back into the flames to grill.  We had the obligatory two bottles of rose and to finish delicious crepes…

The entertainment was about to start but our friend Kenny was singing back in town so we came back and enjoyed two hours of great music.  Sitting under the arches, a glass of wine in hand and a full stomach, listening to good old rock’n’roll.  Life doesn’t get much better….