> SlowTrav > France > Restaurants > Reviews > Aquitaine

Tremolat: Le Vieux Logis

Phone: 33 5 53 22 80 06
www.vieux-logis.com

Reviewed by: carlux from France, review #2064

When: 2006

Excellent lunch menu- inventive cuisine in a wonderful setting, at a reasonable price

For those of you looking for remarkable French food in a wonderful setting, at a reasonable price, I recommend the Vieux Logis in Trémolat in the Dordogne (east of Bergerac, between Limeuil and Lalinde). It’s a Relais et Chateaux an hour away from where we live just east of Sarlat, but still worth the drive. A Michelin one star restaurant that does what they call a ‘tapas’ menu at lunch on weekdays only – in 2006 for 32 euros, tax and tip included. (Note that the dinner menu is completely different, and more expensive. It is the weekday lunch menu that I am describing)

The restaurant itself is lovely – done with taste and charm, in a restored tobacco barn, with a gallery around the sides. Beautiful fabrics line the walls, where there are also little alcoves for more intimate groups. In the summer you can eat outside in their attractive garden, with stream, topiary, manicured lawns, and the weathered roof of an adjacent 18th century barn

The menu changes every day and is a surprise – they bring you many small courses, and explain each as it comes. Part of the enjoyment is the excitement of trying different things.

If you have an allergy or pet food hate, they usually provide options. We have gone with a friend who is allergic to onions, and sent another friend who is celiac, and neither have had any difficulty.

We have been a number of times, and this week on a lovely sunny day enjoyed:

Boudin noir (black pudding) pastry sticks fougasse – olive oil bread, with olive oil for dipping. melon ball with cured ham

green tomato gazpacho coeur de boeuf tomato carpaccio with basil mi-cuit green tomato

courgette cream with la vache qui rit (cheese)mousse

granitée de foie gras foie gras crème brulé

young cod with Mediterranean beans

volaille stuffed with cepes, creamed potato, fondant potato and delicate girolles (mushrooms)

Chevre with lemon gelatine and crispy micro croutons

cream of mascarpone with fruit de bois and fruit sorbet chocolate mousse cake with praline grapefruit mousse topped with vanilla cream dice-decorated brownies meringue with fraises des bois

All tiny portions, and so we came away happy and comfortable.

We accompanied our meal with a Bergerac sec blanc. They offer a full wine list, but also a selection of red, wine, and rosé at reasonable price and good quality, chosen to go with the menu – which the restaurant knows in advance, but the customers don’t.

Sorry, no photos of this lovely meal. Beautiful as it was I can’t bring myself to take photos in restaurants.

This review is the opinion of a Slow Travel member and not of slowtrav.com.

Restaurants/Cafes

Restaurant Reviews

Car Rental	Hotel Booking	Flight Booking	Train Tickets	Books, Maps, Events
Europe Cell Phones	Long Distance Cards	Luggage, etc.	Travel Insurance	Classifieds

* Advertise on Slow Travel | Post your travel questions on the Slow Travel Forums

Tremolat: Le Vieux Logis

Restaurants/Cafes

Restaurant Reviews

About Restaurants

About Cafes

David's Wine Notes

Restaurant Lists