Just a little bit more about Nice. Overall we’d recommend a few day visit to Nice. Lot’s of sites (the ruin of the old castle gives spectacular views of the city) and things to do (beach). But probably our favorite thing about the city is the food. It’s clearly a mix of French and Italian, with theft from the best of both cuisines. We were out exploring the city our first night and saw this place:
La Maison Bleue (the blue house). You can find it here: http://restaurantlamaisonbleue.fr/. We’d already eaten the night this photo was taken so we came back the next night (Tuesday). It was closed. Wednesday we had reservations at a highly recommended restaurant (Carmela in Cour Sayla) that we both thought was over rated (Fran had bad risotto and I had a Veal Tagliata that was just so-so). On our last night I emailed La Maison Bleue and we got in.
It’s not fancy but it’s good honest French home cooking. One of the top meals of the trip. I’m not as much into food as I used to be but I’ll share what we had so we can try something new the next time we go (this is the first place I’d go in nice):
Starters
I had a fish three ways (I obviously couldn’t eat the prawn so Fran did) with salad.
Fran had a cheese ravioli with a pesto cream sauce
Mains
We both had steaks mine with Au Poive (bottom photo) and Frans with Mushrooms (top).
This was accompanied by a very nice bottle of Cote Du Provence the owner recommended.
Dessert consisted of a simple cheese plate with Cherve, Brie, and some form of strong blue cheese.
This night we were the only ones in the place. At the end of our meal we were talking with the matre’d, waiter, owner, and bottle washer. We told him how much we appreciated the love and passion they put into their food. He introduced us to his mother-in-law, the chef, and then brought out a bottle of limoncello and we toasted to her.
A great ways to end our time in Nice and France, at a small family run restaurant.
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