Melun Fête son Brie 2025

 

Yesterday I went to the cheese festival,

MELUN FÊTE SON BRIE, an annual autumn 🍁 foodie event.

Always on the first Saturday in October 

 Just a 25 minute train ride from Gare de Lyon (the first stop on the way to Fontainebleau).

Melun is a small, pretty medieval town

Situated along the Seine.

 Made up of narrow winding, back streets, mostly pedestrian 

It reminds me of the small town in Ghibli’s, KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE - Netflix Did you see it?

The streets are lined with white tents 

Full of French 

Regional 

Products

Grey shallots, purple garlic, yellow onions 🧅 from the

Ardeche.

Endless 

Gastronomical delights,

Like Brie croque monsieur on the right - so tempting,

Yet I fell for these cheesy pretzels 🥨 made with chèvre 🐐 

Not even Brie! Shocking

Canelés caught my eye 👁️ 

I arrived late & hungry 🤤 Never a good idea 👎

I should have been saving  myself for the ‘piece de resistance’ 

Beautiful tangy rounds of  Brie de Melun!

I did eat a ton of samples. Ahh…the smell of it 👃 

Brie de Melun is aged longer. It has a more intense flavor than the more common Brie de Meaux.

You could have an all-Brie lunch for 22€.

This small boulangerie 🥖 

Had such a tempting Tourte 🥧 au Brie de Melun. Sometimes I wish I was more impulsive…

A giant crow, on stilts with a Brie in his mouth was performing for kids

From the crow in Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. The French are so witty!

Maybe next year on the 1st Saturday in October, you will be inspired to visit Melun Fête son Brie 😻 

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