Pizza to die for: L’Auberge de la Tour owners Patricia and Moez Bounafeck! The BEST pizza I've had in France to date comes from the kitchen of this small hotel/restaurant. Delicious on every level starting with the almost thin crust, lightly toasted on the bottom with bubbles in the crust, a fine red sauce over mozzerella and a great sense of all the ingredients, just the right amount of toppings, excellent in all respects. Mr. Bounafeck served the magnificent pizza himself. A very thrifty and satisfying meal with a large pitcher of a local red wine and a drizzle of hot oil, this is a stop not to miss when you are in the Burgundy region. On the corner of Rt D926 and Rt D951 in the city of Beaulieu-Sur-Loire, 22 Euros worth of superlative pizza. Try it! It was my birthday lunch. Our next table guests were from Paris, he a salesman for a batimat (stone, cement, gravel) company and she was a dead ringer for Brigette Bardot complete with rhinestone high heels and a short skirt! Terrificly funny and wonderful they invited us to share another bottle of the local Gienois pick, delicious and crisp as well as fruity as we laughed and Fringlished our way thru the explanation of our life here in France.
It was great fun, we shared email addresses and said our goodbyes and headed for Bourges to acquire needed things for the Maison Blanche.