Now that La Perle restaurant is established in Milford on Sea High Street, we as a village are of course now annexed to France. I have contact my old friends the mayor’s of Paris & Nice about a twinning arrangement, but their e-mail must be broken, as to date I have not had a reply. I am sure it is only a matter of time before I receive a formal civic invitation.I digress, next week is Bastille Day, which is celebrated in France every 14th July, apparently it is something to do with a group of guys ‘Storming of the Bastille’ on on 14 July 1789, and the start of the French Revolution. It was also a great excuse to write some great songs and the magnificent ‘Les Miserables’ stage show, but I think this was done later and was not written by the lads storming the Gallic prison, they were far too busy getting shot of one of the King Louis’. Of course, being a village that will jump onto any excuse for a good time, it is only fair that we join in the celebration of our French brothers. So, to celebrate, La Perle will be serving a full traditional French menu for both lunch and dinner next Thursday. Having had a sneak preview of the dishes, it looks like Lionel is giving us all an opportunity to taste many of the specialities from his French homeland.
Being English, born & bred, it is weird the way that I can transform into a Francophile in a nano-second. I am sure I will be there quaffing ‘D'escargot avec sauce crème à l'ail’ and ‘Cassoulet de Toulouse’, as my wife watches me with distain.
If you fancy taking a look at the menu please visit: http://www.laperlerestaurant.co.uk/ Due to demand this will be available on both Wednesday & Thursday 13th & 14th July. (Thursday night is already fully booked.)
Booking may also be a good idea if you fancy a true ‘taste of France’, it looks as though this could be very popular.
Dear David
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you could perhaps remind residents in the News Bulletin that the Lymington and District International Twinning Association (LITA) does cover the area of Milford-on-Sea. At present we have 16 active members (out of around 120) who come from Milford and even more if we count the area towards Barton-on-Sea. We are a thriving group, have just had our 30th Anniversary celebration of twinning with the beautiful medieval town of Vitre in Brittany. As you know, we are also successfully twinned with Almansa in Spain and Mosbach in Germany. We appreciate that you may be close to securing agreement on your own twinning town in France, but we would always welcome new members from Milford-on Sea. If interested, please contact Carolyn Miller (01590 645823).