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Fou de Fafa
Where? Fou de Fafa (Avignon, France) Map
When? Tuesday May 9, 2017
Who? Me and a bunch of other Flight of the Conchords fans
Food Style? French
I am so amused by this place. Fou de Fafa doesn't mean anything in French, but it is of course, a famous Flight of the Conchords song where they sing random French words for two minutes. I have to eat here. The lovely owner speaks impeccable English (she's from Eastbourne in the U.K.) and I ask if the restaurant is named after the song. It totally is. I tell her I'm from Wellington and I've seen Bret and Jermaine walking around before. She tells me she visited it two years ago and loved it. Tres bien!
Amuse bouche
The amuse bouche is sour cream, chives and anchovies. It reminds me of Grainwaves without the texture.
Entree
Pan fried calamari with mango, coriander and cashew nuts
The pan fried squid smells and tastes great. There's lots of complementing flavours here, with the mango, tomato and cashew making a very delicious sauce. The squid is fractionally overdone and I wish the cashews were roasted and crunchy, but this tastes great and I can tell the ingredients are of good quality.
Mains
Pan fried duck breast with strawberry and balsamic vinegar, fresh salad and mashed potatoes
The duck comes out. It smells very strongly of strawberry, I hope it isn't actually as overpowering. The meat is cooked perfectly, a little pink in the middle, but most importantly, delicious crispy skin. I try the sauce next. It tastes quite like strawberry jam with a splash of balsamic and generic savoury. It's odd. When I eat it with the duck though, it's very good, with the saltiness balancing the sweetness perfectly. The sauce goes even better with the vegetables. I think perhaps strawberry isn't the fruit I would have paired with duck - I've had plum and orange work well before.
Dessert
Banoffee Pie with banana, caramel and whipped cream
It's certainly not the epic portion that Strawberry Fare used to serve, but the balance of flavours is absolutely perfect. The caramel isn't sickly sweet at all, it has a bit of depth to its flavour. I don't feel overly gross after this either.
What a great meal! I hope one day Bret and Jermaine will visit this restaurant. The owner has extended her warmest invitation to them and says they will dine for free if they make it. I've used the power of Two Degrees of Separation in New Zealand to see if I can get the word out!
Posted by Jeremy at 8:53pm on Friday June 9, 2017 :: 0 comments :: 