Great meeting with Gilles Pudlowski this week, who stopped by Cave du Palais during his trip through Béarn and the Basque Country! Visit his Instagram page to see all the places he visited this year. @gillespudlo
In Pau. (Text taken from Gilles Pudlowski's Instagram.)
Les Pipelettes - rue Valérie Meunier
She is "the" chef of #pau. #laetitiasarthou has been running her bistronomic restaurant #lespipelettes as a one-woman show for eight years now. Having worked at Chanzy in Libourne, at the Auberge de la Truffe in Sorge, and at Les Fermes de Marie in Megève with Nicolas Le Bec, as well as at Michel Sarran in Toulouse, Laëtitia Sarthou offers a unique menu for €25 and an evening menu for €45 with 4 options.
On the menu:
. Boned and reworked pig's trotters en crépinette with a rose geranium sauce
. Brandade ravioli, marinated vegetables, exotic vinegar, strawberries
. Line-caught hake from Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Asparagus marinated with tiger balm mint and peas marinated with mixu (Vietnamese coriander)
. Raspberry tart, pastry cream, and nasturtiums
Wines:
. Fiumesecciu d’Alzipratu
L'Interprète - rue des Orphelines
A lunch at Quentin Maysou's, the wonder boy of Pau, at L'Interprète. Having worked at the Grand Hôtel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Splendid in Dax, he returned to his paternal Béarn here.
Domaine Mont-Riant - Côteaux de Jurançon
Dinner at #montriant in #jurançon at the #massonde family's place - cozy comfort and delicious food - with a panorama of #pau as a bonus.
Delicious Basque-Béarnese breakfast with regional cheeses, Basque cake, and homemade jams at Domaine de Mont-Riant with Marylin and Patxi Massonde.
Villa Navarre - Avenue Trespoey
At Villa Navarre, in #pau, a dining room elegantly redesigned by Roland Estellat, with refined cuisine by Stéphane Carrade, executed by Christophe Canati and his team.
Omnivore - Place Gramont
Omnivore is the very gourmet brasserie of Stéphane Cunin, a native of Dommartin-lès-Remiremont in the Vosges, who settled in Béarn. He worked in Paris at Maison Blanche during the time of the Pourcel brothers, as well as at the Beef Club, not to mention Beau Rivage and Les Bas Rupts in Gérardmer, and also at Château d'Adomesnil with Michel Million in Lunéville.
Brasserie d'Orléans - rue d'Orléans
Jean-Pierre Festino, a native of Meaux, who attended hospitality school in Toulouse and spent fifteen years in Nice, transformed an old Parisian-style bistro, reminiscent of a Lyonnais "bouchon," into a gourmet Béarnese spot. The service is provided by the funny and uninhibited Cindy, a true Pau local, who brings life to the establishment @brasseriedorleans64
Jumo & Co - rue Henri IV
In #pau, we have a blast at the Loustau twins' place - Pierre and Julien Loustau @jumoandco #paupyrenees #bearnpyrenees_tourisme @bearnpyrenees_tourisme
