Borculo - Bistronomie Moulin

the beautiful terrace of Bistronomie Moulin on the waterfront

Saturday, 8 August
A belated Bday gift for our dear friend Ingrid: dinner @ Bistronomie Moulin and a night in the B&B of the restaurant in Borculo.

But first we visited Zutphen, a lovely 'Hanze city' on the river IJssel, which has lots of cool shops and a great atmosphere.
We bought goodies and had great salad, coffees and more. Enjoyed ourselves.
A few photos to illustrate:

the old bridge over the river IJssel in the background

exploring Zutphen

 

great shop for us foodies 'Pure Taste' 

Van Rossum's coffee shop we loved it: super coffee and great people

remnants of the ancient walls of Zutphen

we arrived at our destination: Moulin Bistrononie 

the terrace of the restaurant 

on the first floor of the building on the other side of the water are our rooms

our apartment opposite the restaurant

our table on the waterfront, wine and water arrived

cheers to a great evening

great food

Superb food (lobster and Kemper grouse in a coconut curry)

lovely wines (and water)

every great evening has to come to an end :-(

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Breakfast we made at our own apartment with all the goodies the restaurant put in our fridge and more.

We had made reservations for the 1 pm sails around Zutphen with extensive explanation by the skipper; we loved it

skipper William explains

 

It was a super weekend. We loved it!

Achterhoek revisted: Brummen, Tante Blanche, Museum More, cycling

cycling along the river IJssel

Saturday, 1 August: 
We started cycling at Doesburg along the river IJssel around 11 am and were back at 5 pm. This tour was interrupted by lunch and a 'beer stop'. Lovely scenery and weather.

'cow beach' 

Wall paintings dating from the beginning of the 15th century in a (now) protestant church in Hengelo, Gelderland. 

refilling (beer) at cafe ' het Wapen van Hekeren', lovely building

church of Hoog Keppel, Gelderland

As it's 'open church' weekend we are able to enter churches that normally are closed for the public. Very interesting.

We revisted (for the 3rd time) in Brummen hotel 'Het Oude Postkantoor' (a former post office) and had dinner at restaurant 'Tante Blanche' 

we slept in this room @ Het Oude Postkantoor

Now some ' food pics' of the several dishes @ Restaurant 'Tante Blanche':

1st course tuna in 3 different ways: we liked the tuna with nori and curry the best

spinach soup 

sea brass with risotto and fresh veggies

 Rosevall potatoes and tournedos with Roquefort cheese sauce, accompanied by a glass of red wine: super yummie 

dessert was superb: orange tiramisu

one for the road at cafe/restaurant Kromhout

Sunday, 2nd August

A day with culture & cycling. After breakfast we visited the exhibition 'Sharp Focus' at the new Museum More in Gorssel. For sure worth a visit. 

Of course I couldn't resist making lots of photos of the Modern Realistic art on display.

on the left the poster of the exhibition (self portrait of Charley Toorop)

3 x Willink

From Gorssel we drove to Lochem where we started our cycle tour in de Achterhoek. Lovely scenery, great weather. We decided to visit Borculo, where we will be staying next week; a preview ^-^

Borculo, Moulin Bistronomie

back in Lochem where we started our cycle tour with a well-deserved beer and 'bitterballen'. Look there's a guy behind the couch making a photo with his cell phone ....