Likoké

07140 LES VANS

16/20
Remarkable Restaurant

5 PHOTOS

Chef Guido Niño Torres

Cooking Gastronomic | Modern | Signature cuisine

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

59€ à 165€

Gault&Millau's review

16/20

Remarkable Restaurant In the beginning was a Flemish chef, Piet Huysentruyt, who settled in the southern Ardèche. He is also the star of several Belgian cooking shows, and the son of a former colonist from the Belgian Congo nicknamed Likoké (elusive fish). Today, his son Cyriel manages the restaurant and takes care of the sommelier, assisted by Colombian chef Guido Niño Torres. Here, codes are broken and freedom is allowed. Far from the big cities and their glitz and glamour, the restaurant occupies the whole of a small house in the heart of a village of less than three thousand souls. Nevertheless, it has everything you need, starting with the terrace featuring a huge stone table resting on a driftwood base. The same material can be found in the magnificently appointed kitchen on the second floor, where a privileged few can contemplate their meal. The kitchen is orchestrated by Guido, who has been with us since 2015 and who will draw you into his bulimia of gastronomic sensations. His Colombian origins and his new roots in the Ardèche combine to offer highly personal flavors. Mouthfuls of Ardèche charcuterie, meats and fish matured on the premises and the subject of a guided tour, local produce and suppliers introduced as friends. The culinary festival blends the Ardèche and South America: matured trout from Villefort, beet and sorrel, the chef's signature dish, but also cauliflower, hazelnut and duck juice combined with chestnuts, not forgetting "chuzo con arepa" fine fat beef, corn and leaf-infused juice, corn leaf ice cream. A work of goldsmith in the preparations and the balance of flavors. The story is lived and told at table, accompanied by the fine bottles selected by the maître de maison, in a very pleasant atmosphere and with very pleasant service.