Food is art

After our rather long road trip, which finished a week ago, we didn't feel too motivated to do anything too ambitious this weekend. But, not wanting to sit home all weekend either, we decided to head Nice-bound for a bit of cinema and a nice dinner to round off the day.

After some deliberation, we decided to see “Apres mai” by Oliver Assayas. A pretty interesting movie, autobiographic apparently, following the lives of some youngsters in the early seventies, with rather strong “post '68“ attitudes. What's best about the movie is no doubt the periodic accuracy – really spot on. I think quite a few of the people in the audience had been touched by the events in '68 and the following years, based on the average age of the audience, at least... (then again, this is the Cote d'Azur – pensioners' paradise!)

For dinner, we met up with Julie and Aurelien and headed for a place called 11eme Art, a place we'd read good things about. And it was quite a nice place. Their cuisine is quite original, well presented, and most importantly, tastes good. Admittedly the place is a bit pricey, and the portions are kind of “nouvelle cuisine-sized” (= small). But all in all, we were pretty happy with our choice. Great to catch up with Julie and Aurelien, as well...