Millingen

Millingen, Netherlands, May 24—

DINING IN A PROVINCIAL hotel can be so relaxing. We walked about ten kilometers today, after taking the train to this eastern town, and rewarded ourselves with the simple menu proposed by the host: asparagus soup (white asparagus, cream, butter, salt, a little lemon, a little nutmeg, a little cumin); pork shashlik with cream gravy, pommes savoyard, fried potatoes, mixed green beans, red and yellow peppers, onions; cucumber salad with greens and chives; fruit Bavarian.

Merlot, Veneto, 2007