Tag: French cuisine
Restaurant Daniel, New York: Excellent as Always!
For one of my New York evenings on this trip, I made a reservation at one of my favorite restaurants, Daniel.
The concept
This is the flagship fine-dining restaurant of French chef Daniel Boulud, who has been a fixture in New...
Loiseau des Ducs in Dijon: an excellent Michelin-starred restaurant in a very pleasant setting
Loiseau des Ducs is certainly the best Michelin-starred restaurant I've tried in a long time. In addition to its cuisine, which is both traditional and creative (but not too much so), the restaurant offers a very pleasant dining room...
La Fine Heure in Dijon: very good, simple meal, laborious service
La Fine Heure in Dijon offers very good bistro-style cuisine, all homemade, with very friendly staff but service that's a little slow and laborious.
For this trip to Dijon, a city of renowned gastronomy, I decided to try two...
Epur Lisbon: simple yet sophisticated
Epur, the restaurant of French chef Vincent Farges in Lisbon, offers a cuisine of apparent simplicity but truly sophisticated, thanks to the meeting of several influences and perfectly mastered technique.
Eating well in Lisbon is not complicated, to say...
Verōnika at Fotografiska New York: Excellent but amped-up service
On the first evening of my New York stay, a colleague suggested dinner to get to know each other better, and chose the restaurant Verōnika located in the house of photography, Fotografiska, which I had already visited with my...
Ail des Ours in Amiens: a creative gourmet restaurant at an affordable price
Ail Des Ours offers excellent gourmet cuisine inspired by nature, with an emphasis on local produce for a creative and successful result.
For this second dinner in Amiens, I chose Ail Des Ours for a simple reason: in the...
Les Orfèvres in Amiens: a fine dining experience
Les Orfèvres in Amiens offers very good gourmet cuisine and perhaps suffers only from a service that lacks a little rhythm.
For my first evening in Amiens, I chose to dine at Les Orfèvres, a gastronomic restaurant located near...
La Mère Brazier in Lyon: an excellent experience at this monument to French cuisine
La Mère Brazier, Lyon's double Michelin-starred restaurant, has taken the concept of the ‘bouchon lyonnais’ to a gourmet level for an experience of the highest order.
For this second dinner in Lyon, unlike my previous stays, I planned well in...
Le Sully in Lyon: a slightly disappointing bouchon
Le Sully is a Lyonnais bouchon offering authentic cuisine, but I was somewhat disappointed by the quality of the dishes I was served. But perhaps I made the wrong choice.
I had decided to start my stay at...