What do Evian water and a poached onion have in common?
Yes, you read correctly, and yes, onions can also be poached – and even serve as dessert. While placing a few drops of golden caramel on the sparkling bulb, a young waiter tells me the story of the onion on my plate: “It was cooked and candied and worked around a caramel. Good discovery!*â€
In my crystal glass, the water sparkles under the soft light of the lamps. I swallow a sip, and I almost swear I feel the purity under my tongue, the minerals, the snow, the Alps. For a brief and wonderful moment, I forget that it is only a little water. And an onion.
This is the magic of the Hôtel royal d’Évian-les-Bains: it magnifies everything. The building is steeped in history, a history dating back more than two hundred years, to the time when Savoy did not belong to France. A story carried and shaped by the water that has flowed here since the dawn of time. Because without this water, the hotel would not exist.
The mineral water brand Évian is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. [Du 15Â au 17] June, the Royal Hotel will host the G7 summit for the second time in twenty years, and in July, the city will host a stage of the Tour de France. Geopolitics, history, tales of
