{"id":270,"date":"2016-06-11T14:33:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/?p=270"},"modified":"2016-06-11T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:31:12","slug":"le-moulin-de-mon-grand-pere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/le-moulin-de-mon-grand-pere\/","title":{"rendered":"An Intermezzo: The Restaurant LE MOULIN DE MON GRAND-P\u00c8RE in Figanieres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do not know when other bloggers write there blogs. I guess there are professional bloggers that do nothing else then writing blogs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Well I personally write many of my blog entries during holidays. Holidays give you the chance to get a positive distance to your job and to reflect \u2013 in agile you would say: run your personal retrospective.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless holidays are as well holidays. We \u2013 my wife and I \u2013 often spend holidays in Italy or in the Provence, the southern part of France. We travel around, book a B&amp;B or a \u201cpetit auberge\u201d in any of the small villages in the middle of nowhere exercising a lot of sports like climbing and biking.<\/p>\n<p>The fun thing with sports is: you get hungry \u2013 and you can enjoy a delicious dinner without a guilty conscience. Sad thing of most small villages is: the only restaurant at the place is the Pizza truck.<\/p>\n<p>During these spring holidays we stayed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.figanieres.com\/\">Figani\u00e8res<\/a>, a small town north of Draguignon in France. If you not know where Figanieres is \u2013 don\u2019t worry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ch\/maps\/place\/Le+Moulin+de+Mon+Grand+Pere\/@43.568303,6.4982591,16.8z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0000000000000000:0x3b0ea41c7b108335!8m2!3d43.5688677!4d6.4966026\">Google map<\/a> knows. Point is: Biking all day and awful hungry we searched for place to eat. Any place would be sufficient \u2013 even the Pizza truck. But luckily we passed by a weird looking building with a small sign outside that said:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LeMoulinDeMonGrandPereFiganieres.jpg\" alt=\"Le Moulin De Mon Grand Pere at Figanieres (Provence)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LeMoulinDeMonGrandPereFiganieres.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LeMoulinDeMonGrandPereFiganieres-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LeMoulinDeMonGrandPereFiganieres-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What to say\u2026 everything at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lemoulindemongrandperefiganieres\/\">LE MOULIN DE MON GRAND-P\u00c8RE<\/a> is special. These are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ch\/maps\/place\/Le+Moulin+de+Mon+Grand+Pere\/@43.568303,6.4982591,16.8z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0000000000000000:0x3b0ea41c7b108335!8m2!3d43.5688677!4d6.4966026\">Google Maps coordinates<\/a> to get there. If you are around in this region \u2013 book a table for dinner, especially if you like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The very special atmosphere of an ancient oil mill, carefully and lovingly restored<\/li>\n<li>Time for each course to enjoy, to have a good talk and to amuse<\/li>\n<li>A very special owner, cook, person.<\/li>\n<li>A course of culinary delights, as perfect arranged and served as tasty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026well, then you found the right place to go.<\/p>\n<p>When we entered the LE MOULIN DE MON GRAND-P\u00c8RE, the proprietaire was very surprised \u201cyou just drop in without reservation?!\u201d. I wondered as it was 7:30pm and the room was empty. The answer on our \u201cis there any fault in this?\u201d was: \u201cNo, but I love to serve a perfect dinner \u2013 so I need my time and I have to take my time. I like to be prepared for every single guest\u201d. Doesn\u2019t that sound promising?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you are not in a hurry\u201d the proprietaire said, \u201cplease seat yourself I I\u2019ll do my best.\u201d \u2026and \u2013 while he rushed through his open kitchen he started telling us stories about his life.<\/p>\n<p>What to tell you\u2026 the evening was very special. The waiter \u2013 we guess the proprietaire\u2019s father, but this is a guess only \u2013 was a special person as well. If you think about a true native south France character, you got it. He lead us through three courses every single one a feast for your eyes and outstanding tasty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-272 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_204434_0039-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"First Course\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_204434_0039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_204434_0039-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_204434_0039-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_204434_0039.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-273 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_211158_0042-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Second Course\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_211158_0042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_211158_0042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_211158_0042-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_211158_0042.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_215142_0043-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_215142_0043-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_215142_0043-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_215142_0043-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_215142_0043.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We spend about four hours in this very special location. When we finally tried to leave our proprietaire knocked off a bottle of something \u2013 well I do not remember.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-image-275\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222216_0044-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Proprietaire\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222216_0044-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222216_0044-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222216_0044-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222216_0044.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Proprietaire<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_276\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"wp-image-276 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222224_0045-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"The propritaires father?\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222224_0045-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222224_0045-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222224_0045-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rainergrau.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160513_222224_0045.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The propritaires father?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Luckily our B&amp;B was two hundred meters walking distance.\u00a0Well just take a look at the pictures above and decide yourself. This evening at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lemoulindemongrandperefiganieres\/\">LE MOULIN DE MON GRAND-P\u00c8RE<\/a> was special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do not know when other bloggers write there blogs. I guess there are professional bloggers that do nothing else then writing blogs\u2026 Well I personally write many of my blog entries during holidays. 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