Alright, so I admit this is a stretch, but I'm of the opinion that everyone should treat himself to a three star Michelin meal at least once in a lifetime. (We did many years ago when the French franc which had for years been pegged at five to the dollar suddenly nosedived to ten to one and this sort of thing was very affordable). Chagny is a pleasant little market town in central Burgundy, near Beaune. The Hotel Lameloise, a onetime coaching inn, has been thoroughly modernized, the rooms, while not large, are beautifully decorated in top quality materials. The bathrooms are perfect. But what it's all about is the food. Exquisite care is taken in its preparation. When we ate here I had ordered a dish of sweetbreads as a first course and when it was brought to the table the gas flame underneath the presentation dish had blown out on the way from the kitchen. Noticing this, the maitre d'hotel, with profuse appologies to us, told the waiter to take it back, I could not possibly be presented with a dish that was not at the proper temperature, they would cook me a new dish of sweetbreads, it would only be a matter of ten minutes. They would of course cook madame's first course afresh as well. Well, it was worth the wait, every course of that meal was memorable. As a main course I had the filet mignon with lightly braised foie gras -- the meat was so tender that it could easily be cut with a fork. While the larger rooms are out of sight, one can get a standard one for under two hundred dollars for the night. It's the restaurant that's pricey, the cheapest prix fixe is $135. Oh well, have dinner at one of the ubiquitous MacDonalds the next evening, that will even things out.
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