close to Villandry Castle and Gardens – l’Étape Gourmande offers a good lunch menu for a reasonable price. Here a little paté 
opéra of salmon and goat’s cheese ice cream. It was a little heavy on the cheese so the ratio was slightly off 
porc filet with creamy bell pepper sauce with couscous 
trout with roasted almond and root vegetables 
lemon tart – yummy 
roasted figs with ice cream 
beautiful garden arrangements – the vegetable gardens are in the back 
layers of plants 
hidden grapes 
fall is coming 
vegetable gardens 
cabbage 
pumpkin patch 
purple and greens 
red chard 
lounge chair 
carefully kept gardens
October 3rd, 2022