Le restaurant pédagogique (The educational restaurant)
JUST THIS PAST MONDAY, Martine, Nicole, Jean Louis & I enjoyed a superb lunch at the Lycee Hotelier (Quercy-Perigord). This was our first dining experience at this culinary college which is located about 30 minutes from Rancho Escargot in the village of Souillac.
These dedicated young students are trained in all the culinary arts and the fine points of front of house service. Throughout the school year (closed July/ August) the college operates an educational restaurant on campus offering to the general public both lunch and dinner services. Outside the students normal curriculum, they spend two weeks cooking in the restaurant kitchen, then two weeks as servers with this training schedule repeated throughout their school year.
This restaurant, ‘Le restaurant pédagogique’, serves fixed menus and offers accompanying cocktails & wines that showcase the outstanding regional offerings of the Quercy-Perigord. Average prices?
Four course lunch: €18.00, Five course dinner: €30.00,
Specialty cocktails: €2.50, Excellent regional wines: €12.00 bottle
Jean Louis regards our starter: Aumônière d’escargots aux girolles et cèpes
(a purse of snails with girolles & ceps mushrooms)
We all thought our lunch was outstanding and plan on enjoying many more meals there with friends. There is no question that, should you visit the Dordogne Valley outside of the summer months (July & August), this is a culinary experience that is fun and will please the most discriminating palate!
à bientôt, Jack
€18 for haute cuisine seems very reasonable. Appetizing meal even at 5.25am... W
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