The guy in the mini supermarket wearing espadrilles and a torn t-shirt who asks you if a melon is ripe turns out to be a famous rock star. The pink bungalow shut up like an old wooden cupboard opens up into an elegant French boutique. Each of his gingerbread bungalows he named for and decorated after a Zodiac sign the Libra, for example, is a study in deliberate and steady blues. And he included in guest services such esoteric offerings as astrological reading, acupuncture treatment, and past-life regression therapy. The powers of enchantment were strong enough to make us surrender all gastronomic decisions to our Prospero-like host.
People think it s sophisticated but it is very simple.
There summarily appeared a collection of fresh greens from Guadeloupe dressed in a delicate vinagerette and a crusty, rustic-style bread. We bake bread every day, Hubert told us. For me, it s the first image people will get. If the bread is not good, forget about the place. Then he disappeared inside the kitchen at the restaurant s rear to work his alchemy.