cuisine a' le mans

[Chef]

after a few days of the golden arches food and bathroom facilaties last year, we feel a change in diet is needed. 1 barby is all we managed and a night in tbe steak house. can anyone recommend a few good places for food at all meal times? local cuisine or other wise? The local vans in the campsites dont look appealing. any cop?

[Andy Zarse]

Camp site kebabs are filth. That is unless you like eating dog hair.

I don't know of any good places to eat near the curcuit, you may need to go into town, but be prepared to queue. I reckon the best advice is to take a proper stove and get one of your birds to knock up a chilly, curry or spag bol, all sauces from a jar of course. You can chuck in a few veg, meat etc. Fit for a King!

[Robbo SPS]

Zarce - That sounds very complex , whats wrong with throwing raw meat on the Barbee, eat from paper plates and when you get home soak the grill for 358 days in Acid . No washing up easy .

Rich - I take it you are learning to drive into town next year , NO WAY MATE , youre cooking AGAIN .

[Steve Pyro]

We always buy a couple of cheap barbies in Carrefour, use and abuse them, and then leave them for the pikeys on Monday.
They cost about 30 euro and split between us all the cost is pretty minimal.
As well as barbequing meat and fish, we have a small gas burner for boiling kettles and cooking stuff like pasta and have plenty of salad and fruit.
The fact that you're camping in a manky field for a week doesn't mean you have to eat badly.

[Steve Pyro]

On the subject of restaurants, if you travel up to the Drivers Parade on Friday most of the cafes in the main square will be chock full.  Either eat mid afternoon there or wait until later in the evening.

If you walk a few blocks back from the square, however, you may get a better chance of a table (depending how many of you there are).

Other options for reasonable 'French' food are the cafes in Arnage village (always busy but the main street burnouts are 'interesting') or Mulsanne village (quieter).
Or you could head out into the hinterland to places like Ruaudin or Monce en Belin.

[Andy Zarse]

Zarce - That sounds very complex , whats wrong with throwing raw meat on the Barbee, eat from paper plates and when you get home soak the grill for 358 days in Acid . No washing up easy .

Only complex for the bird mate. I wasn't suggesting you get involved in the culinary dept. yourself. You can just sit back with a cold one and watch it get on with making you a handsome supper.

Also, see how delighted she is when you give her helpful cooking tips like "put in a bit more garlic, mind it doesnt burn, surely that pasta's cooked by now", etc as you lie in your paddling pool, beer in hand, listening to Radio LM.

[Steve Pyro]

Our cullinary 'discussions' always centre on whether the charcoal has burned enough for the barbie to be ready for cooking on.

[BigH]

go on...

[BigH]

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[Steve Pyro]

H, is that the before or after picture?  

[Steve Pyro]

Those bits floating in the top are diced carrots right  

[Chef]

whislt camping it rough in oz our guide, a true crazy ex soilder local oz boy, cooked us up a meal looking just a good as the one above. the only difference was the amount of vitaman b he put in it.10 tinnies of victoria bitter. they really do live on the stuff. you can buy cool bags to take your beer into work chilled. classy

[Gilles]

after a few days of the golden arches food and bathroom facilaties last year, we feel a change in diet is needed. 1 barby is all we managed and a night in tbe steak house. can anyone recommend a few good places for food at all meal times? local cuisine or other wise? The local vans in the campsites dont look appealing. any cop?

There's a lot of place to eat in Le Mans out of the golden arches...
... just depend on what you like to eat...
... if you wnat traditioanl english food, there's an indian restaurant in the city centre. OK it's not mentioned on the 2003 city map, but what would be the use of the 2004 guide if the 2003 map was exhaustive ?

[Steve Pyro]

... if you want traditioanl english food, there's an indian restaurant in the city centre.

Gilles, I like that remark, very good.  

[gibberish]

... if you want traditioanl english food, there's an indian restaurant in the city centre.

Gilles, I like that remark, very good.  

Me also.........c'est manifique