Troisgros

42155 OUCHES

18/20
Prestige Restaurant

BOOK

26 PHOTOS

Chef César Troisgros

Cooking Gastronomic | specialty

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

150€ à 570€

Gault&Millau's review

18/20

Prestige Restaurant If there's no point in reviving a quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns, between those who preferred the period "opposite the station" and those who swear by this magnificent country residence, it's quite simply because the spirit of this family is so powerful in the history of French and world gastronomy that, even in a caboulot lost in the depths of a soulless suburb, "going to Troisgros" is bound to remain an unforgettable moment. In this magnificent room, entirely glazed and organized in a U-shape around a hundred-year-old oak tree, a perfectly orchestrated ballet unfolds (even if, on certain evenings, it's not impossible for the service to be set a little too much on "automatic pilot" mode), as comfortable with the small Asian family who are also hotel guests as with the amazed neophytes. At the start of the service, Michel Troisgros takes the time to chat with each table, before César, master of the ovens, delivers a dozen or so dishes, most of them of the highest standard, with perfect preparation and cooking, paying homage to nature and the seasons: a beautiful starter featuring crayfish, oyster mushrooms, gariguette strawberries and a strawberry sauce, followed by the famous "plins", the folded rice sheets that are now one of the house's trademarks, filled with sorrel, Greek yogurt and grilled pork, shiitake and pig consommé, sorrel and spinach (a dish that literally sweeps you off your feet and is definitely worth five toques) before a Challans duck with kohlrabi, gomasio seaweed, ginger and spices, candied orange and duck sauce and black buckwheat... High-quality desserts too, including a lovely chartreuse in ice cream, dry meringue, blackcurrant and crushed pistachio. Huge cellar, with an interest in small Roannais estates as well as the very best labels and prices from the very best houses.