Sile and I decided to have a day out on Wednesday last and to head to Serignan for lunch and then go the modern art museum there.
However it was not to be.
As we passed La Condamine, a vineyard just at the edge of town we saw a sign up; “Noveau Restaurant Les Deux M’s” actually in La Condamine.
Now that could be very good news indeed for us. While we are busy in the summer it is very difficult to get a night off from the cooking as the Pizzeria in the village is excellent but not classy enough for some.
A good quality restaurant within walking distance could only be good news for us.
As we parked our car we had another minute of serendipity. Just getting out of their car on the same errand as ourselves, were two ladies we had wanted to contact for some time. One is the proprietor of a local, very smart B&B, La Hacienda, which is perched over the river Orb at Reals, and boasts its own pool as well as private access to the river. Jacinta Delahaye is also a wine writer and comes from Ireland. With Jacinta was Michelle who lives in Thezan and who also has connections with Ireland as she worked for Sopexa, the French food promotion board. They were as glad to see us as we them so we quickly decided to have lunch together.
And so this totally unplanned lunch became a party!
The welcome and the food in Les Deux M’s turned out to be extremely pleasant, and our roast Quail with Port Sauce and Sweet Potato stood up well to the bottle of Cabernet Jacintha selected.
We never got to Serignan, but found a good and useful restaurant and two new friends.