Auberge de la Forge

31590 LAVALETTE

13/20
Chef's Restaurant

6 PHOTOS

Chef Théo Fernandez

Cooking French | Gastronomic | Local

Services Children's Menu | Disabled access

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

82€

Gault&Millau's review

13/20

Chef's Restaurant It's a lovely big house with typical architecture set in the middle of the village, whose young owners have taken great care to decorate it in keeping with the style: beautiful cobblestones, central fireplace, exposed pink brick, elegant chairs and wooden table tops without tablecloths. Claire Cames and Théo Fernandez, with their considerable experience (Ritz, Meurice, Castellet...), have adopted a table d'hôte approach (a single, hidden, imposed menu, with only four dishes repeated over the course of a month) to make this business, relaunched in 2020, more comfortable and balanced. So, this year, shortly before the arrival of spring, it was mackerel for everyone, cauliflower, yuzu and ponzu jelly, a very well-cooked staple fish, Brussels sprouts buttered with Noilly Prat kumquatine and black cardamom, and lamb, graciously declined, panoufle, celery leaf and miso, anchovy and black lemon condiment. While it's difficult to describe the cuisine of a restaurant with three monthly suggestions (Claire is in charge of desserts, and her interpretation of fennel was very interesting), it's nevertheless worth noting the technical accuracy, the gastro codes, the constant search for acidity (not a single dish without citrus fruits) and the chance for Toulousans on a stroll to find a pleasant, chic place that suits them. A decent wine cellar, with a wide range of vineyards and generally reasonable prices. No wines by the glass on display, only verbal suggestions.