[Drinking] L'officiel Marseille rosé (and other food and drinks) thread

[North of Robertsbridge]

Wait, is that a Kraftwerk tribute band?

It has much the same effect (headache)

 

[Jimmy Come Lately]

“We’re the pink wine, we’re the pink wine, we’re the pink wine Brighton boys”

I'll be with the side responding "Nous sommes vin rouge, nous sommes vin rouge, nous sommes vin rouge Hove garçons"

 

[Official Old Man]

Anyone in a bar close to train station. Arriving soon. Need beer and a bite to eat.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Went tonight !

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Went tonight !

Stunning isn’t ?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Starters. French fizzy wine

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Oysters

 

[AstroSloth]

Found a little vegan pizzeria in Nice.

Leffe as a starter is always a win.

 

[AstroSloth]

I just Googled and there seems to be plenty of vegan friendly places here. Given the med and North African influence this doesn’t surprise me.

Further, a couple of friends are vegetarian and they travel around France a lot and don’t starve, France has moved on since @Live by the sea was last here.

Yeah it doesn't seem too bad. I've found a little vegan pizzeria in Nice for tonight, not sure about tomorrow but will figure something out I'm sure.

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

I’m in half a mind to go look for a decent bouillabaisse (seafood stew) tomorrow lunchtime before heading off to the match

Où manger la meilleure Bouillabaisse de Marseille ?

Envie d'une spécialité marseillaise ? Découvrez notre top 5 des lieux où manger une savoureuse bouillabaisse à Marseille.

marseillesecrete.com

If it’s a proper one with rascasse (scorpionfish) probs 100 Euros plus wine. Anyone else have my eccentric tastes?

Edited to add: I’m ashamed to admit that I speak fluent French in case anyone is nervous about ordering…

 

[Glawstergull]

I’m in half a mind to go look for a decent bouillabaisse (seafood stew) tomorrow lunchtime before heading off to the match

Où manger la meilleure Bouillabaisse de Marseille ?

Envie d'une spécialité marseillaise ? Découvrez notre top 5 des lieux où manger une savoureuse bouillabaisse à Marseille.

marseillesecrete.com

If it’s a proper one with rascasse (scorpionfish) probs 100 Euros plus wine. Anyone else have my eccentric tastes?

I'm in.
You name the place and i'll see you there.
I had considered a Sole meuniere and a white Burgundy but now you have my mouth watering.

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

I'm in.
You name the place and i'll see you there.
I had considered a Sole meuniere and a white Burgundy but now you have my mouth watering.

Let’s get numbers and I’ll see what we can book. I have a car, can probably take 4 or 5 if it’s out of the centre of Marseille

 

[Mr Bridger]

Driving. Now happily sat in a bar in Marseille with draft Kwak

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm in.
You name the place and i'll see you there.
I had considered a Sole meuniere and a white Burgundy but now you have my mouth watering.

I went to Chez Michel for my bouillabaisse lunch. Very old school and very good.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Had a traditional Marseilles dish tonight called Pieds et Paquet which is stewed sheep's feet and stuffed sheep's tripe. Very nice.

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

I went to Chez Michel for my bouillabaisse lunch. Very old school and very good.

Sounds good. I’ll be outside there at 12:30 prompt. @Glawstergull - you stil up for a bouillabaise ?

 

[Jesus Gul]

And to conclude a Colonel (lemon sorbet swimming in vodka…they don’t mess around do they)

 

[Live by the sea]

And to conclude a Colonel (lemon sorbet swimming in vodka…they don’t mess around do they) View attachment 167618

I’ve had that with Prosecco instead of vodka

 

[The Mole]

Just posting these from my trip there a few weeks ago so I don’t feel too left out

I included the Fada bottles as it is very nice local beer for those of you in Marseille

 

[peterward]

It's a while since I last spent much time in France and my experience over the last couple of days is that the situation is much improved. Most restaurants short of Michelin-starred fine dining places have a vegetarian/vegan option right there on the menu. No need to ask if the chef will make something special, no debates about whether fish are vegetables, no need to seek out the one specialist hippy lentil stew place.

Generally only one veggie option, though, and it tends not to be particularly inspiring, so it's a bit like eating out as a vegetarian in the UK twenty years ago, but it's not difficult. I haven't been paying close attention to how many of the veggie options are also vegan but it's definitely been "some".

But that's in Avignon, which reminds me a bit of Brighton (very touristy, somewhat studenty), and across the river in Villeneuve, which reminds me a bit of Lewes. Marseille may be different if, as the lurid stories on here have suggested, it's more like Portsmouth.

Are you staying in Avignon? We too.