Chez Hélène - Antibes, Côte d'Azur

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Fantastic little cafe we went to today ... vegetarian, bijou and very friendly. Actually Helen is English, but we did not spot this and spoke French to her. She humoured us, which was very nice. We totally thought she was une française. And it's really Chez Helen. My mistake.




Previous attempts to eat in vegetarian places in France have left us hungry and so we have tended to favour Italian places when we have been eating out in France.  But the times they are a-changing I think. Antibes seems to have more than its fair share of des anglais living there and this may explain the very good vegetarian restaurant. It seems to be much more of an English thing than a French one.



We ordered Humous to share to start with ... not really an unusual entrée these days, but this was lovely with plenty of cumin, not too thick, and really good bread on the side.







Gareth had a emmanthal and olive quiche with salad and I had Ragôut de l'egumes with couscous and salad. Really nice, seemed a bit like the vegetable tagine I sometimes make, but with slightly more chilli and no cumin or lime. I loved it. Maybe it had harissa  flavouring:



So a pretty good meal with two coffees afterwards - not the best coffee I've ever had, but the service and food in this place was impeccable and friendly.




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