The Chef

A private chef, and a menu that starts in the garden.

A private chef, Paola, for the whole stay. Breakfast is cooked every morning, and lunch and dinner are shaped with you, around the garden and the season.

Eggs Benedict, the LaMaison way, plated by the chef
The Marenda

The Istrian way of eating, unhurried.

There is no set menu. Each day Paola asks what you feel like, then cooks to the hour and the season, The Marenda through the late morning, a long lunch, and dinner by candlelight when the evening asks for it.

Attuned to the garden and the season, each day's table is set by what is ready that morning. And a morning at the stove with the chef can be arranged, for grown ups or for small hands.

A breakfast of village eggs, sourdough and fruit laid out in the morning at LaMaison
Breakfast

Breakfast, set out on the terrace.

Village eggs and sourdough baked that morning, local Istrian cured meats and cheese, seasonal cakes and fresh juices, set out on the terrace, ready for you whenever you wake.

Vegetables gathered from the kitchen garden in a basket at LaMaison
The Kitchen Garden

A garden a few steps from the table.

Vegetables and herbs picked in the morning and cooked the same day, olive oil pressed close by, honey from the village, and white truffle from the Motovun forest in October and November.

From the kitchen

Plated by hand.

Cooked through the day and plated to order, each dish following what the garden gave that morning.

A dish plated after dark at LaMaison
The chef finishing a dish at LaMaison
A first course plated at LaMaison
A warm dish served at LaMaison
A floating breakfast in the pool at LaMaison
A glass poured before lunch at LaMaison
A dessert with edible flowers at LaMaison
The chef bringing a dish to the table at LaMaison
The breakfast table at LaMaison
The chef finishing a dish by hand at LaMaison
A main course plated at LaMaison
A sweet course dusted by hand at LaMaison
An overhead spread of dishes at LaMaison
A dish at the table at LaMaison
A plated breakfast dish at LaMaison
The chef seasoning a dish at LaMaison
A dessert at LaMaison
The chef adding a final touch at LaMaison
A guest at the table at LaMaison
A first course plated at LaMaison

A dessert