Le garde-manger: last dinner in Auckland
Posted by Lisa Hill on May 19, 2019
Tonight we’d planned to eat in, but the hotel restaurant was closed so we strolled up the Queen Street hill to a lovely little French bistro called Le Garde-manger.
We had delicious aperitifs to go with a delicious chicken liver paté: mine was called Pommeau de Normandie and it was made with apple juice and Calvados, and Tim’s was called Aperifigue, because it was flavoured with figs.
For main course, we had the specials: Tim had salmon and I had a confit of duck leg. And we both had delicious wines, Tim’s a pinot-gris from Alsace, and mine was a pinot-noir from Bourgogne. Service was prompt and friendly, so it was a perfect last night in Auckland.
Travels with Tim and Lisa 
whisperinggums said
Sounds lovely Lisa. I love the sound of both patés. I was relieved when you said your Bourgogne wine was a Pinot Noir, because we had drummed into us on our Bourgogne wine tour that they have two languages there – Pinot Noir and Chardonnay! (Which means they make three main wines, Pinot Noir, Chardonnary and a Sparkling which of course is classically made with pinot noir and chardonnay!)