Saturday, June 16, 2012

Logic ignored.





A forty five minute drive into the county town. Time to renew the car insurance. Summer has well and truly arrived. The temperatures nudging into the 90's and , if the local newspaper weather forecast is to believed , set to stay there for the next three months.

In the central square, the Place de la Revolution, a small army of restaurant and cafe owners busy setting up tables and chairs. Umbrellas sprouting wherever you look. On a side street Angus finds an Indian restaurant. A culinary rarity here in deepest France Profonde. Exotic beyond belief for provincial Tarn-et-Garonne .  Brief dreams of a chicken biryani, poppadoms and a bottle or two of cold Kingfisher beer.  

' The font ' has other ideas . ' Surely you didn't come all the way to France to eat in an Indian restaurant ? Anyway it's a beautiful day ' . Angus points out , unsuccessfully, that the restaurant owners have come from much further away than we have in order to cook for us. This logic is ignored. We eat outside, under an umbrella. At least the restaurants under the umbrellas do steak. One rather ancient white poodle wanders out of the door of the nearest kitchen , tours the tables, and finally drapes itself proprietorially across ' the fonts '  left foot. It then falls asleep. It stays this way , secure in the knowledge it's found a dog person . Residual eau de Wilf on the shoes ?

The hectic pace of French summer life .

15 comments:

  1. I hope that steak was worth passing up Indian food--However having the Poodle join you who was 'channeling Wilf' no doubt made it more enjoyable! I enjoy Indian food. We have a couple really good places near my office--I love Tandoori Chicken and naan/parathas--I'm not proud of this, but one place has such delicious Tandoori chicken, I once had it 3 times in two days when my husband was out of town...

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  2. The poodle vignette made me smile from ear to ear. Yes, Wilf must have drawn him to you.

    You'll have to go back again for the Indian food, perhaps on a rainy day so the font doesn't want to be outdoors...

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  3. I wonder if those French meteorologists could call our Canadian ones and chat? If they get it right for a solid three months, you guys have weather prediction down to a science! Ours simply cannot get it right hour to hour most days, never mind day to day.

    I am positive that the old poodle could smell Wilf. That made me smile.

    Enjoy your day!

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  4. Smiling in grey, damp Anchorage at the visual of the ancient white poodle napping on The Font's foot

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  5. We're cooking here in temperatures already into the 38C/ 100F.
    Indian food made with local ingredients would have been quite exciting but mothing can beat the company and acceptance of a dog.

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  6. There is nothing like a real good steak.

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  7. Love the image of the ancient Poodle choosing the font's foot for a pillow. Dogs know.

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  8. There's a neat post on Something Wagging This Way Comes today about how some people are just natural dog magnets. :) Perhaps 'the Font' is one of them. Or perhaps it's a sign that you need a poodle...

    Sorry you had to settle for steak!

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  9. In her defense, the Indian restaurant didn't get the best reviews: http://www.qype.fr/place/437709-Restaurant-Indien-Montauban

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  10. The poodle probably wouldn't have been let in the Indian Restaurant, so outdoors was better.

    xXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  11. Any meal is more enjoyable with a dog draped across one's foot...

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  12. Oh that is so sweet! Parfum de Wilf or a dog who knows where he is safe and appreciated. Maybe both.

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  13. I have seen so few Indian restaurants in France....you must try it and report back !!
    I envy you your summer weather. It is truly dismal in the UK - summer is nowhere near started yet.

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  14. Dogs always know who to love....they always seem to pick the dog lovers instinctively.

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