La luma
RN 113 route de Langon
33640 Arbanats
Tel: 05 56 67 53 55

It was a great find discouvered the classic way: it was lunch time and I sought a restaurant with a full car park. The French take lunch seriously: it is, to most, the main meal and two hours is taken. It was a quarter past one and I was even concerned about being late. Trundling in through the front door I found nobody: just an attractive old bar but following my nose and conversation noises to the left an attractive dining room overlooking a swimming pool and garden was revealed. It is a large dining room with beams in part, with half the walls glass: elsewhere where bright prints on white walls with comfortable tables and chairs. The size of the dining room confirms La Luma’s popularity before the new motorway, when this road was the main Bordeaux to Toulouse artery.
There was a decent enough menu but I looked no further than the daily blackboard which offered a among others “cassolette de ris de veau sa tranche de foie gras poelee.” Ordering this I received a steaming tureen of ris de veau in a nice thick gravy with a decent chunk of fresh foie gras grilled on top, with this came a basket of fresh bread. I followed this with a plate of cheese. Magnifique: what better lunch could I seek whilst on the road!

La luma
RN 113 route de Langon
33640 Arbanats
Tel: 05 56 67 53 55

It was a great find discouvered the classic way: it was lunch time and I sought a restaurant with a full car park. The French take lunch seriously: it is, to most, the main meal and two hours is taken. It was a quarter past one and I was even concerned about being late. Trundling in through the front door I found nobody: just an attractive old bar but following my nose and conversation noises to the left an attractive dining room overlooking a swimming pool and garden was revealed. It is a large dining room with beams in part, with half the walls glass: elsewhere where bright prints on white walls with comfortable tables and chairs. The size of the dining room confirms La Luma’s popularity before the new motorway, when this road was the main Bordeaux to Toulouse artery.
There was a decent enough menu but I looked no further than the daily blackboard which offered a among others “cassolette de ris de veau sa tranche de foie gras poelee.” Ordering this I received a steaming tureen of ris de veau in a nice thick gravy with a decent chunk of fresh foie gras grilled on top, with this came a basket of fresh bread. I followed this with a plate of cheese. Magnifique: what better lunch could I seek whilst on the road!