U Palazzu, Pigna, Corse, France

Pigna is a medieval city in Haute Corse, near Calvi, and known as one of the "most beautiful villages" of France. The best place to stay in this pedestrian village is probably the rehabilitated Genoese palace U Palazzu.

U Palazzu has also a restaurant featuring beautiful Corsican food that is best enjoyed in the garden of U Palazzu. For those who know us (and to answer the new mummy J.), this is THE restaurant.

We ate twice at U Palazzu. Once, for lunch, we had a steak tartare and roasted lamb cutlets with sauté potatoes. Not exactly suitable for a hot and sunny day but very nice though. And we can not only eat salad during summer, can we?

Steak tartare

Roasted lamb

For dinner, we continued our carnivore diet, with a nice Corsican red wine.

The great reveal samosas

The "Feuilleté a la reine" was a vol-au-vent with veal, mushrooms and quenelles. I can't say this dish was refined, but it tasted delicious and besides, I absolutely LOVE quenelles.

Vol-au-vent with veal,  mushrooms and quenelles

The other main was a Saltimbocca in a rich, creamy sauce. Very filling and yummy.

Saltimbocca

As a dessert, we had some fresh brocciu (how original) and were offered some limoncello and orange wine to celebrate unforgettable holidays.

Cost: EUR 10-20 for starters, EUR 20-23 for mains