Richard and Megan and Basque food

Apparently several Basque families settled Minden. We ate in 100 year old restaurant tonight. Kinda strange. As we sat at our table, they brought out a big pan and said, 'here's your soup'. Which was minestrone or something nice and veggie looking. Red wine was provided too (also unasked).

Following soup they asked what we wanted for main course. It was mostly very meaty but I went for Basque scampi.

Whilst waiting, we were served a lovely salad course, and a rather large stack of tongue. This looked very meaty and Richard was quick to dive in and have a go but notably didn't eat too much of it. Megan grudgingly wouldn't be outdone so reluctantly tried a bit. Her face quickly showed she may as well have been eating cockroaches on one of those Endurance TV shows. I tried a bit too, an unusual thing for a veggie to do but had a similar reaction to Megan. The meat tasted ok but looked so much like a tongue it was hard to get it out of your head whilst eating it.

Main course was pretty good. Ice cream was the standard desert served.

All a little odd but nice really. Lots of food served, $20 a head for the whole meal but not many options for a strict veggie for sure.

Richard and Megan get the prize for being my first visitors. Excellent!