Eating in Aix - Aix and Monaco September 2023

Eating in Aix
Saturday 2nd September 2023
Quite a foody sort of a day in Aix en Provence today. Started with pain au chocolats at a patisserie, then went for a stroll around the market and more snacking. Later in the afternoon Chie and Erika went for a swim in the pool at our friend’s apartment complex, while I did more food shopping for dinner. I cooked my interpretation of Provencal classic “Petits Farcis” and while it was baking we had a quick outing to see the Terrain des Peintres, where Cezanne used to go and paint views of a nearby mountain.
Aix and Monaco September 2023
John's Pictures


10:42:47 A late breakfast at a patisserie we liked the look of on the way to the market.	10:43:23	11:18:03 In Aix’s main market now. I think the girls are eating little sausages here.	11:18:07 I had bought some of these little pastries (Tourtons du Champsaur) thinking we could have them as a starter with dinner later, but ended up just eating the lot on the spot. I suppose that was today’s lunch! Albeit not yet midday…

11:29:05	12:19:07 Oh I also picked up an empanada. Yes these are of course Argentinian rather than Provencal, but it happens there’s a shop selling them in Aix and I was intrigued to try one. It was pretty good but I think I preferred the Tourtons.	12:24:32 Inside the cathedral in Aix.	12:28:02 An old stone tablet with some mystic runes which can no longer be deciphered.

12:39:42 The streets of Aix.	12:40:54	15:10:54	18:27:30 This is the Terrain de Peintres.

18:27:32	18:27:38	18:27:47	18:28:10

18:28:23	18:28:26	18:32:36 Some of Cezanne’s handiwork.	18:32:38

19:09:00 Dinnertime! Our hosts made fried courgette flowers - these were delicious.	19:37:56 …and here’s the fruits of my efforts: my interpretation of petits farcis. Not particularly petit, but they were ery good.	20:50:01 I had picked up this bargain basement Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits in the supermarket earlier (11 Euros) and thought it prudent to take photos of the label for posterity.	20:50:07 I had tried it earlier in the day and it wasn’t particularly great, but after chilling for a while it was quite drinkable.