Bistrot du Potager: Review

After my recent visit to France to see the Frenchie, I fell in love with the cuisine in the exquisite city of Lyon once more and here's a little sneaky peek into my favourite restaurant Le Bistrot du Potager.

Bistro du Potager: Review

Bistrot Du Potager Tapas Menu

 This wonderful refined French tapas restaurant may not embody the beating bloody heart of Lyonnaise cuisine but it's a wonderful place full of exciting flavours and influences from all over, and great if you're wanting to venture away from the the Andouilette option in the Bouchons.

Grilled escalope of Fois Gras

Mini raviolis in a Saint Marcellin Sauce

The menu is a selection of seasonal tapas dishes presented on a big ol' blackboard that's brought to your table. You choose about six to eight (or nine or ten!) between two people and the choice is excruciatingly difficult because they  all sounds so damn good. Out first dish of grilled fois gras, sweet vinegar sauce and broad beans. It was delicious but over far too soon. Our dish of mini ravioli in a Saint Marcellin sauce took us further towards the Lyon roots (Saint Marcellin being the preferred regional cheese of the city) and filled us up a little more, scooped up with hunks of crusty bread from the local boulangere, it was divine sharing food.

Below are a few of the other delicious small plates we dined on during the meal. One disappointment was that they had run out of tempura courgette flowers which sounded incredible- maybe next time!

Grilled Sardines with olive oil, red peppers and spring onions

 Grilled seasonal green and white asparagus, lardo and aged sheep cheese

Buffalo Mozzarella with provencale dressing and cured beef

A must visit if you're ever in town, especially in the summer, their menu changes but during the summer months it just sings with influences from Italy and the med.