Sampling Cuisine Along the French-Italian Border

Try taking a food visit around France and you would enjoy whatever dish you would find, I tell you. We went to the French-Italian border area, one day, and we had the finest time sampling everything.

For lunch, we went to a tiny spot in the Trans-en-Provence, which is ten minutes by car from our home in the central Var region; the place boasts of your typical small but beautiful village with the medieval architecture, low stone houses, and elaborate fountains. The hidden restaurant we found served absolutely delicious and disturbingly cheap food. We had a chicken tagine, which is actually from Morocco and forms part of the amazing Mediterranean influence in France.

For dinner, we went towards Italy at the adorable Italian restaurant Palanca. We were dreaming of a courtly time because of the excellent cuisine and romantic ambiance but unfortunately, it was closed. We decided to wander to Airole, the nearby village, but again it was closed. In contrast to a few weeks ago, the whole region was very packed with tourists but apparently, everything was lonely.

At that time, we decided to ask an old man walking in the street what was going on and he replied everyone closed shop early to go home and watch the football duel; of course, each game is like a obsession. This is especially true if the two countries that are playing it emptied the roads and closed all the restaurants.

So, for dinner at that time, we just settled for your regular pizza; it was the most tasty I have ever tasted since I was so hungry already!