VITTEL FRANCE, TASTE LE TOUR S13 257
Channel: Peter J Warren
Date: 2020-03-19

The small town of Vittel in the south of the Lorraine region is a famous Spa destination.
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The large exquisite gardens around the century old spa center and hotels are an ideal summer destination.
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At the weekly farmers market the charcutier’s small goods look appetizing and is well displayed . 
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This lovely part of Lorraine is called les Vosges and is a long tradition of smo
king pork meat for the long winter month.
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I notice that the near by café and Bar has an unusual name for a small French town
The patisserie au Péché mignon has been run by the same family for seventy five year.
People come from a long way to taste their Mirabelle plum and wild blueberry tarts.
The chefs are preparing for a frog festival and making frog pies of various sizes. 
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It’s really lovely, the frog pies reminds me of the taste of my youth, we use to make things like that.
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 La Creuchote the house speciality is a small chocolate the shape of frogs and filled with a creamy caramelized praline. It come in dark, milk and green chocolate .
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So delicious, the quality Valrhona chocolat . The inside the praline caramelized. A treat!
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After this privileged experience I buy a Paté Lorrain,a pork and veal pie as well as an appetizing  slice of berry tart and a baguette for a picnic in the park
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Je vais prendre peut etre un petit choix.
I am going to get a small selection
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From a farmer that sells dairy food at the market I get 2 types of homemade soft cheese and some creamy looking natural yogurts.
It’s time to refresh and the terrace of the Melbourne Café seems to me to be the place to taste a local beer.
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Very refreshing light beer with a taste of the local Plum the Mirabelle. It’s Mirabelle everywhere here cheers!
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Enhanced with a concert of local birds, the classic city Parc is a perfect setting for my picnic.
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And Vittel is famous for its mineral water that is soft, easy to drink and full of goodness.
Tomorrow I will arrive in the south of the Champagne in the beautiful city of Troyes to discover the speciality of Andouillette and a great patissier.