Franchin

06000 NICE

13.5/20
Chef's Restaurant

Chef Antoine Gandon

Cooking Local | Mediterranean | Traditional

Gault&Millau's review

13.5/20

Chef's Restaurant The prices may put you off, but the experience is well worth it for those who want to discover the XXL version of Mediterranean cuisine. The place is an astonishing fusion of bouillon décor and southern brasserie, with refined art deco elements (crystal chandelier, flowered flagstones and marbling, studded banquettes and moldings) in which great classics are revisited by chef Antoine Gandon. Having worked with Robuchon, Boulud and Alléno, Gandon's CV explains a great deal about the presentation, ideas and generosity of his dishes, which are brimming with pleasure and charm, where you eat first with your eyes, then with your fork and heart. Grand-père André's terrine is a must, the blue lobster with linguine and tarragon bisquette is a real eye-catcher, the braided fillet of sea bass and zucchini mousseline with basil easily earns three toques, and the truffle crème brûlée sums up the place, this delightful blend of simplicity and grandeur. The cellar is in the same spirit: two pages and lots of ideas (chablis from Bichot as well as Jacques Prieur's corton-charlemagne, Matthieu Barret's Petit Ours and clos-vougeot domaine d'Eugénie).

Plan

Address 10 Rue Massenet
06000 Nice

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Monday Lunch Dinner

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Menu A la carte

Starter Terrine de Grand-Père André "1962"/ Mirabelle au vinaigre de Miel €12 Escargots de Bourgogne en persillade / toastinettes au vin rouge épicées €18

Main course Tresse de filet de loup / mousseline de choux fleur / choux fleur de couleur croquants / gnocchis croustillants / sauce curry €33 Joues de bœuf B.A cuites doucement en cocotte / polenta crémeuse olives romarin €31

Dessert Chou … Chou… profiterole briochée / glace Grand-Marnier / chocolat chaud €10 Pavlova, meringue craquante et fondante / crème citron / éclat de passion €10