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LA FERME DU MOULIN

Anaïs et Thomas Hardy, Vincent Thomy, Jean-Luc Rallu et Estelle Passelande​​

La Chapelle-Glain (44)​​

En s’appuyant sur un modèle vertueux de polyculture, la Ferme du Moulin regroupe 5 associés et compte environ 120 ha de terres entièrement cultivées en agriculture biologique et une grande diversité de production : élevage d’agneaux solognots (race en voie de conservation) et de vaches jersiaises, produits laitiers de brebis, porcs en plein air de race Longué bayeux, pain au levain issu du blé de la ferme (variétés anciennes et panifiables) et la culture de myrtilles.
Leur production est vendue en direct, sur les marchés de Nantes et d’Angers, dans les magasins de producteurs et à travers les AMAPS.

Now that we’ve been back in Paris for a few days (and that the Christmas meal is over and done with) I just wanted to mention some of the main points from our final 2 days in Barcelona.

On the food front, we continued to test out the suggestions of our guide book, this time getting a 100% success rate

  • the very interesting “Comerç 24” (Comerç 24).
  • the excellent value “Ra” (review of Ra)
  • The team suggests a short menu (3 starters, 3 mains, 3 desserts) with 1 drink (wine or soft drink) and bread included for 13,50€. I wouldn’t say that the food was excellent (desserts were v. basic, but the mains and starters that we had were decent), but they were good, honest dishes with efforts on the combinations (coconut and squash soup) and presentation. Right next to the wonderful food market “La Boqueria”, it makes a very cheap place to chill out and fill up. The view ain’t great, however, given that it looks onto a scruffy carpark, and I wonder how it would be when it is very cold and raining (even though it was a dull, cool day, we ate outside, as did everyone, and I didn’t see a great deal of space inside). The products can’t be top notch, but I’ve eaten in much more expensive restaurants where the products are probably of the same relatively low quality, but the cuisine has been much poorer and the bill much bigger (money going into a better location and fancier view – I’m thinking particularly of the restaurant “Agua”).

    On the tourist visit front, Gaudi remained the top visit…this time the Sagrada Familia and the Casa Milà (Pedrera). I spent a couple of hours at the MACBA (Contemporary Art Museum) at the end of a rainy day – ticket for 3 exhibitions 7,50€ which is valid for 1 month. So, good value, just shame that I didn’t understand either the permanent or the Joan Jonas exhibitions, but enjoyed the one covering American and French modern art in the 1950’s.

    On the shopping front, my wife thoroughly appreciated the chain of shops “Desegual” (it’s not spelt like that but it’s close….I think !) – very spanish.

    A lovely city and worth a second visit – maybe when the weather is a bit better, though !

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