Birthday meal at Mougins

Our dear friend Marie was celebrating her birthday this Saturday. So we were happy to accept her invitation to join her at one of our favourite restaurants on the Cote d'Azur, the Amandier in Mougins. L'Amandier is one of rather many restaurants on the Cote d'Azur that are "nearly Michelin starred" - the advantage of that status being that you basically get nearly Michelin-starred cuisine for a very reasonable price indeed.

Quite a big bunch joined up for the bash, mostly colleagues of Marie, but we also had a special guest start, Billy, from the US of A. As expected, we had a fantastic meal. I naturally had the Menu Plaisir, a bit on the pricey side (although I tend to think 45 Euros for a 4 course menu, with extra tasters in between, is very reasonable indeed), but very tasty indeed.

And, what's most important than the food, we had a great time, with a great bunch of people! Hopefully the meal was a nice introduction to French cuisine for our American guest Billy!