4 /5
Rating
★
★
★
★
We had booked a table for a family Sunday lunch; it was a cold grey wet autumnal day and so the dark and cosy fire-warmed room seemed very welcoming. We sipped surprisingly good cold white wine to which had been added a splash of framboise (more summery than autumn - but we could have chosen something more seasonally appropriate) as we made our choices. Two of us opted for the good-value 25 euro 4-course menu which consisted of your choice of five starters and five main courses plus cheese and dessert. We chose a warm tarte au reblochon which was luxuriously creamy and which came with a proper serving of well-dressed and seed-strewn salad and an oven-baked goat's cheese served warm with mashed pumpkin and crispy bacon and sprinkled with trompettes de la mort. For the main course we both chose the honey-roast pork (more 'braisé' than 'rôti' I'd say but tender and flavourful) which was accompanied by a very good vegetable dish (similar to ratatouille but sweeter and more tomatoey) and a golden cheese-crusted garlicky cream-laden unctuous dish of potatoes. The cheese tray was varied and generous but rather surplus to requirement after all those potatoes; the bread was free-flowing and fresh. The best-looking dessert at our table was the so-called 'déclinaison' of pear - a creative selection of sweet things based around the pear - variously gooey, creamy, fluffy, caramelly, chilly and alcoholic. The espressos were hot and strong; a request for a cappuccino was met with some bemusement and we were offered an espresso with chantilly (which went down at least as well as any cappuccino would have). Take cash - they don't accept credit cards.