BEFORE WE LEAVE FRANCE

We've been in France for a long time and it's time for a change. Belgium here we come. We decided to have a day in Lille, or as the Belgians call it Rijsel, and visit some old haunts. A coffee here, a beer there, a spot of shopping and a good meal at La Fleur de Lille. Apart from great food they do have interesting wine. I could not resist a glass of L'idiot. You have to be fairly confident of your wine to give it a name like this. They were.

L'idiot. Very acceptable.

Not that I have many desserts these days, but I could not resist a a professionally made Rum Baba. Well as the saying goes it would be rude not to. Yes the phyle was full of rum! As if the cake did not have any in already!

Rum Baba.

We passed by Meert, we were going to go in for a coffee but the queue was horrendous, however I did see that even this bastion of quality and conservative patisserie/chocolate has moved with the times and now has teddy bear's sporting a fine moustache.

Meert's new bears.