Le Charlie

Name: Le Charlie
Address: Lieu-dit Veta Casavone, Porticcio, Corsica, 20166, FR
Telephone: +33495204624
Rating: 15

20166 PORTICCIO

15/20
Remarkable Restaurant

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Chef: Richard Toix
Cooking: Corsican | Gastronomic
Style: Exceptional setting | Romantic

Gault&Millau's review

15/20

Remarkable Restaurant It's not easy to reconcile terroir and gastronomy, especially when it comes to Corsica. In fact, Richard Toix, a Corsican by adoption, doesn't really try, using the island's produce to draw up his own personal menu, employing technical skill and inspiration, two qualities that are not lacking. In this tourist complex, with rooms and villas, at the entrance to this renowned resort ten minutes from the town, the level has risen since last year, in terms of welcome, standing and general service, with greater comfort and even better service, under the direction of Laure Toix. The chef has composed a number of signature dishes, and seasonal highlights, particularly with meats: pleasant, well-dressed starters, eggplant and foie gras snow, vegetable tartine with anchovy and pancetta ice cream, eel (which could be a little more present) with mushroom and Corsican tomme ravioli. However, it's on the two central dishes that the three toques really come into their own: a pig cooked for ten hours with crispy belly, carrot and pig jus in a sciacarello reduction, and lamb with lamb jus and tomato caramel, a dish that seems simple yet thrilling, thanks to the quality of the meat and the precision of the cooking. Pleasant Monte Cinto dessert, Mont Blanc-style, with Corsican chestnut ice cream, extensive cellar, with all the great names of the island, at a fair ratio for the place, and well advised by the young sommelier, Quentin.