Overconsumption of electricity is no longer in fashion.
It's time to turn everything off and light the candles, some do it with style.
At the Grand Control, Alain Ducasse's restaurant located just in front of the hundred steps of the Orangery of the Palace of Versailles, the maneuver rhymes with feasting and a Louis XIV atmosphere, we are told.
Let's check.
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When we arrived, the EDF meter was still running at full speed.
The chandeliers with electrified candles make the gold of the first room shine like the silver embroidery of the staff's Ancien Régime costumes and dresses.
Jean-Baptiste Lully, local rock star for almost four centuries, escapes from invisible speakers.
Mazarin is undoubtedly on the decks.
Nathalie Falmet's champagne, a generous juice, energizes the guests.
We would be tempted by a game of backgammon or lansquenet but the management has not planned the period games.
On the other hand, the salivating eel bites remind us…
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