A gourmet treat!

I recently saw a review from Trip Adviser informing us of a restaurant in Brittany which had won the extraordinary accolade of being the second best restaurant in the world! I had to investigate further and on checking the restaurant called La Ville Blanche discovered that it was only ninety minutes drive away. It also held a Michelin star with its young chef Yvann Guglielmetti. 

So last Thursday we dined for lunch. The restaurant itself was bright and neutral. Our tables were well placed for social distancing and the front of house team were polite, courteous and informative.

We went for the Plaisir Menu dégustation with four glasses of paired wines for the price of €121 each.

Our appetiser was a sensational  original dish of lightly pickled  tomato with cucumber. It was one of the best dishes in fact! 

This was followed by a delicious seafood selection of langoustine, oysters and crab. One  oyster was cooked in buttermilk and served with crunchy roasted onions which slightly overwhelmed the oyster itself but I enjoyed the buttermilk combination with the warm oyster. 

Our next dish was turbot with stuffed (ratatouille) courgette flower along with smoked aubergine with tomato purée and turbot sauce reduction. A Loire Sauvignon from Quincy was paired which worked well. 

This was followed by a tasty foie gras and Camus artichoke served with polenta. It tasted great and surprisingly paired with an unsweetened Bourgogne Chardonnay which was delicious. 

Our main dish was a menunière fried sweetbread in a deluge of carrot. Unfortunately the carrot overwhelmed the flavours of this dish completely disguising the ginger, rhubarb and veal stock reduction contained within. 

This was followed by a nice cheeseboard. 

A delicious combination of garden fruits were served for dessert with a fromage blanc sorbet and crispy Breton gavotte. 

A refreshing Jurançon was paired which was great. 

Our second dessert was an almond soufflé with a lime and limoncello sorbet. It was, as it should be, light fluffy and absolutely delicious. 

We had our coffees in the garden. Appropriately served with a wonderful crispy Breton kouign-amann and a symphony of melon infused with lemon verbena tea. 

Our verdict 8 out of 10. We enjoyed our lunch but felt some of the dishes were lacking that wow factor. The addition of salt and pepper shakers on the tables would have helped.