Tag: maitre restaurateur
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...
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...
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...
Restaurant l’Impromptu in Nancy: a delicious gourmet break in the covered market
L'impromptu in Nancy offers authentic, high-quality French cuisine in the friendly setting of the covered market.
The name of the restaurant really matches this impromptu meal! Olivier was in Paris for the week-end and as I planned to visit...
” Home-made ” dishes in restaurants: what does it really mean? (At least in France)
"Homemade" has long been a purely marketing argument, and is still seen as such by customers, even though it is a legally regulated practice designed to protect the consumer, at least in France.
You may notice that in our restaurant...
Pascaline in Rouen: a very good, authentic little restaurant
Pascaline, in Rouen, is an excellent bistro serving authentic local cuisine!
For this third and final dinner in Rouen I was looking for something simple and authentic, and after some investigation Pascaline seemed to check all the boxes.
You'll find...
L’Entrecôte in Bordeaux: a must, always the same pleasure
L'Entrecôte is rightly an institution, if not a legend, in Bordeaux. It serves a unique dish (a sirloin) with French fries and a secret sauce recipe that has made the property famous, and causes long queues every day at...
Le Quatrième Mur in Bordeaux: a UFO that leaves you with a strange feeling
The second restaurant of this Bordeaux trip was Le Quatrième Mur, Philippe Etchebest's restaurant in Bordeaux. Having dined the night before at the Pressoir d'Argent (Gordon Ramsay), I didn't have to go far, since the Quatrième Mur is just...
Brasserie Mollard in Paris: too inconsistent
At TravelGuys, we're big fans of seafood, and of restaurants that have become institutions over the years. These include the Brasserie Mollard, which has stood opposite the Gare St Lazare since 1867 (1895 in its current form)!
Brasserie Mollard: the...