The Restaurant A
La Patate Qui Fume in Montségur is a family run restaurant in the
Ariège-Pyrénées region of France and serves top quality homemade food using
ingredients sourced from local farmers and markets. My own choice for lunch was
a confit duck burger.
The beer
and wine is also locally sourced and I enjoyed a very refreshing CroMignonne
Biere Blanche - unpasteurised, unfiltered, full of citrus and floral flavours
and excellent served cold.
You will
notice from the picture that the CroMignonne was served in a Britte Grande
Biere de Bretagne glass with a very attractive Puffin logo. I was very taken
with the design, and the owner let me take one away with me.
CroMignonne is
one of 4 regular beers from the Grand Bison brewery, only 4 miles away in
the town of Lavelanet. The name and label designs are inspired by the
Great Bison, one of the largest and most famous paintings in the caves at
Niaux. Later in the week I also tried the Flambeuse - an amber beer, or
Biere Ambree. It had a dry liquorice bitterness to it that refreshed not
dominated the palate and is a beer to take time over and savour.
Do make a
point of visiting A La Patate Qui Fume if you're ever in the area. It makes an
ideal stop if you’re searching for the Holy Grail at The Château de Montségur.
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