Fondue dinner after skiing in the Alps (and some restaurant/nightlife in Saint Jean D'Arves talk)

Dutchman and I had dinner a few times outside the door. There are not much choices though in little village Saint Jean D’Arves.

Eating out in Saint Jean D’Arves

We went to Les Melezes Restaurant, a fine dining restaurant serving Francophile food where I had my first taste of genepi, a liquor from the Alpine region. Then there is La Grenouillere, a bar and pizzeria restaurant serving of course Italian food. I must say, hands down, they have one of the best pizzas in town. Thin-crusted, extraordinary and yummylicious pizzas. We also went to a barbecue evening party.

Then we decided to eat indoors as well and ordered the fondue set including a bottle of wine, French bread, deli meats and pickles delivered to our little chalet.


Here is a little debate: Where does fondue come from?

Some may claim that it originates in Switzerland. While the French living in the Alps would say otherwise, as they have been concocting fondue recipes as long as they can remember. Ah, we’ll leave this to the experts to debate and we’ll just enjoy eating.


That is moi cooking the fondue and Dutchman caught me drinking water (or cola?) straight from the bottle. Gotcha!


Fondue seems to be ready now. Let us eat!


Later that evening Dutchman and I kept visiting the kitchen because we were both dehydrated from the cheese. After going back and forth to the kitchen and bedroom 3x, Dutchman brought the whole bottle of water, a litre and placed it beside our bed. Cheese is salty and sucks the water out of your system.

OK, this is going to be the last cheese fondue we will ever eat in the next couple of months.

Nightlife in Saint Jean D’Arves

As for the almost non-existent nightlife in Saint Jean D’Arves, the busiest bar in town would have to be Paddy’s. This is where everyone goes to for après ski. The bar is manned by Dutch people so it feels like having a drink in your neighbourhood pub. Paddy’s have daily theme nights starting at 10PM. We have never been to any of these theme nights because we ate dinners early and went to bed early. We are old! Bah.

Travel Period: January 2008
Destination: Saint Jean d'Arves (Savoie - Rhone-Alpes), France

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