Le Coquillage - Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Le Coquillage - Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes

An impressive variety of seafood dishes, often featuring ingredients from the local bay and the restaurant’s farm. Unfortunately, the flavor intensity was dialed way down for most of our dinner

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Le Gabriel - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Le Gabriel - Paris

A tasting menu inspired by the chef’s native Brittany had some good seafood dishes and an truly outstanding chicken. Overall though, this was among the weaker of Paris’ three-starred restaurants

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La Table du Castellet - Le Castellet
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

La Table du Castellet - Le Castellet

Two seasonal tasting menus, one based on vegetables, one based on seafood, are both very well designed - a great choice for vegetarians and pescatarians. Dishes were generally lovely, but only a single dish was solidly in three-star territory

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La Marine - L'Herbaudière
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

La Marine - L'Herbaudière

Seasonal seafood and vegetables star in a tasting menu with many fantastic dishes. Maybe a bit repetitive overall, but that might be due to the season

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La Villa Madie - Cassis
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

La Villa Madie - Cassis

Phenomenal seafood meets lackluster non-seafood dishes in this three-star restaurant located right on the Mediterranean sea. The successes alone make this worth the trip

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L'Ambroisie - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

L'Ambroisie - Paris

Classic French cuisine, a la carte only. Desserts were uniformly excellent, but the rest of the dishes varied widely from one to three-star levels - good luck in ordering “right” plays a big role in one’s experience

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Arpège - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Arpège - Paris

Amazing mostly vegetarian French cuisine, creatively reinterpreting classic dishes. Ironically, the single non-vegetarian dish was the high-point of an excellent lunch

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Plénitude - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Plénitude - Paris

Enjoyable Mediterranean-inspired French cuisine with a focus on unique sauces, only marred by a rushed service more appropriate for a speed-eating competition

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Le Pré Catelan - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Le Pré Catelan - Paris

French cuisine with bold flavors and many excellent dishes. Add to that a beautiful park setting in the middle of Paris and you have a trip worth taking

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Kei - Paris
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Kei - Paris

French cuisine with Japanese touches. Seafood and meat cooked superbly, desserts amazing, but most savory courses ended up being just “ok”

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Christopher Coutanceau - La Rochelle
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Christopher Coutanceau - La Rochelle

Stellar French seafood cuisine in a beautiful setting. Some audacious flavor combinations, great service and an excellent wine pairing - a true three star meal

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Clos des Sens - Annecy
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Clos des Sens - Annecy

Technically amazing and clever tasting menu - several dishes made out of just one or two ingredients

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