Telefon: +33565443213
Adresse: 17 allee de l Amicale, 12210 Laguiole, France
Stadt: Laguiole
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Bewertungen: 1381
Webseite: http://www.hotel-aubrac.fr/
"We stopped in Laguiole on our way home from Spain. Beautiful scenery in this rough mountain area (Aubrac) on about 1000m over sea level in earlier times feared by the pilgrims on St. Jacob's path (so cold, windy and dangerous, when on foot). In this rough mountain area we found tasty food at the restaurant de l'Aubrac. The place is unpretentious, but it is filled with the friendliness and enthusiasm of the lady manager and her staff. They proudly explained their regional food to us. It is food for farmers that work in the mountains, and their wives know, how to prepare tasty meals from the products that their robust golden brown cows deliver: milk (for cheese, AOC) and meat. I had Boeuf (beef) Bourguignon that had simmered in red wine and gentiane, tastily spiced with herbs, accompanied by Aligot which is mashed potatoes blended with cheese. With this I took a wine from Marcillac (some 50km south) a good match with the food (ask for local wine from a bit south of Laguiole). And then we had a selection of cheese from Laguiole (an Appélation Controlée) and Roquefort (from the mountains not far from here). This was not highly classified French cuisine, but authentic tasty food well prepared very well prepared for a good price. We also slept in this two star hotel. For two stars well worth it, with excellent beds, a very modern, newly renovated bath room and a nice detail: The key is a cow made out of heavy iron. Some more background information: I became curious and read about the Aubrac. The mountains are rough here, but the people have some high quality products to offer. Their Vache d'Aubrac (cow of the Aubrac) lives on the meadows with its local herbs. It is a tough race that delivers meat and milk. From the milk, Laguiole makes cheese that is a regional registered brand called AOC. Also the meat tastes different, when cows live outside and eat herbs. Then Laguiole is well known for the Laguiole knives highest quality foldable knives and also designs made for eating. I could not resist and bought a foldable knife with a handle made from cow horn (these knives have a price, though). Yes, Laguiole is well worth a stop and the restaurant de l'Aubrac was a trouvaille."
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