During my recent blogging holiday, I had many delicious meals: at home, with friends, in restaurants, and at festivals …
On a day out with friends in Perpignan, I went to Restaurant La Galinette, following the recommendation of one of my guests (thank you, Tove!!). Christophe Comes, the chef proprietor of the restaurant, has a potager of 3 hectares which he cultivates with the help of his father. The produce from this vegetable garden plays a starring role on the menu!
La Galinette has a star in the Guide Michelin – my friends and I decided to order the tasting menu! Without further ado, here are the food pictures – :
Salmonejo de tomates “Green Zebra”, basilic pourpre, feta.
For the Salmonejo, a cold tomato soup was poured into the plate – it was so tempting to eat that I totally forgot to take another picture!! 🙂
Collection de nos tomates anciennes; huile de l’hort et condiments
The collection of heritage tomatoes included Black Krim and Ananas, and the plate was as pretty as a picture! It also tasted divine.
It still looked like a (modern art) picture when there was nothing left!!
Saumon sauvage a peine cuit, oseille de Belleville, concombre epineux et pain noir.
Wild salmon served on a sorrel puree, spiny cucumber and black bread.
Vive sauvage de Mediterranee, fine brandade de morue, jus de piperade au chorizo.
Wild sting fish (greater weever), served with salt cod puree and piperade sauce (made with sweet bell peppers and chorizo).
Epaule d’agneau catalan confite, pulpe d’aubergines “di Fierenze”
Slow-cooked shoulder of Catalan lamb, surrounded by various preparations made with aubergines: roasted, deep-fried in panko crust, braised, and puréed.
Pasteque rafraichie d’agastache anisee, sorbet melon “piel de sapo”
A generous slice of watermelon topped with candied melon and melon sorbet – very refreshing!
Peches “duras” d’Ille sur Tet, idee d’une melba
A take on peach melba, made with “duras” peaches from Ile sur Tet, with raspberry sauce and peach and vanilla sorbets. The berries at the front of the picture are sugar frosted redcurrants.
This was a very memorable meal, every course as delicious as the previous/next! If you are in Perpignan you should definitely try this restaurant! If you are not already there, perhaps you want to plan a visit – it’s a wonderful town to explore! The lunch menu is priced at €25 for three courses, the tasting menus are €48 for six courses and €54 for eight courses, served for lunch or dinner. La Galinette is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations are recommended!
I leave you with a few random pictures taken in Perpignan:
midihideaways 
Beautiful dishes, and I have no doubt they were as delicious as they are good-looking.
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Thank you!!
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I enjoy your posts and pictures so very much. Am I envious? No. It is more like I am very happy for your life, but it is not my life. You are happy there and I am happy here.
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Thank you so much, frivolousfluffy!! I try and use the sundial as my role model – it only counts the sunny hours!!
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La Galinette sounds fascinating and the food looks so artistic. As you say, modern art is left on the plate even when all is eaten! Although I have only spent a few hours in Perpignan, it left an impression on me, and now I certainly wish to return. The photographs are superb as usual. Back to la Galinette – I was interested to find out about l’huile l’hort and discovered all I needed to know on their website! The menu on their website looks and reads like a poem. I have saved the website to refer to later, and some wonderful new French vocabulary lurks there for me! With regard to your previous post on lavender distillation, I have discovered this website located in Crete – Essential Reflections – it may be of interest. Bon weekend x
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Hi Ceclie,
Thanks so much for your message!! You should definitely try La Galinette on your next visit – it’s worth spending a day or so in Perpignan on your way to / back from Saint-Chinian!
And thank you for the link to Essential Reflections, very interesting!!
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Yes I agree! La Galinette and other delights in Perpignan are on my list now! x
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