L'Auberge du Pas de Vent

Authenticity is the name of the game in this Landes inn that specialises in hearty, wholesome nosh, light years from fads and fashions. The menu pays tribute to the terroir: Chalosse beef, free-range fattened duck, veal from calves fed on their mother’s milk, pure sheep milk cheese from a village shepherd and home-made sourdough bread (without additives). Examples of the nostalgic score include celery and fennel rémoulade, cream of split peas and crispy slivers of coppa or Jurançon calf’s sweetbread served in a skillet. Warm welcome and attentive, slick service. What’s not to like?