【Grattons】 was our appetizer with red wine. It was fried fat, pretty scary, and I tried one of…read morethem. At the beginning it was really oily, and I didn't like the touch of it, but then after a few chews it turned to be pretty yummy. You should at least give it a try. 【Gratin du moment】It was served with main courses. That day's gratin was potato in mahonnaise and cheese. Very delicious. ---------------------------- Amber: 【Coupe de Cerdon Rosé】I really like sparkling rose wines, even if it's weird for appetizer in a meal. As long as it's festive and yum, I'll take it. 【Salade lyonnaise lardons croutons et œuf poche】This is a traditional lyonnais salad, containing fresh lettuce with a poached egg, croutons and crispy lardons. It tasted good and was close to American salad. The sausage was really nice. I enjoyed it much. 【Tripes gratinées à la Lyonnaise】a lyon style tripe gratin. It made me crazy, much big step to try this. I didn't really know what part of the beef I was eating. It was salty, cheesy, and I'd liked it more if it had some sugar in the gratin. Anyways, this dish was a bit insane even for a Chinese like me. 【Baba-au-rhum】OMG...This definitely made my whole dinning here even crazier. I mean I am a big drunker... but not in a formal dinner in a formal dish. And this just made my eye wide open again. Baba-au-rhum, a big thick slice of bread diving in many many rum, this was just great! I felt like drinking pure rum while still trying to eat some normal bread. It was a shame that I didn't finish it, because it was too strong to me. I joked to the waiter that I'd rather take shots of rum. ---------------------------- Carry: 【Kir, Communard】typical red wine. Very nice. 【Pieds de veau mayonnaise, museau et cervelas】This is a traditional Lyonnais entrée, which has veal trotter, beef brawn and pork cervelas. All of them were made in sausage, added with a ravigote sauce, making it very soft, elastic and tasty. 【Quenelle au brochet sauce aurore】It's a pike quenelle with Aurore sauce, very tasty, puffy and fresh. Both Carry & I liked it a lot. 【Tarte à la praline】Praline seemed to be a very popular element in Lyonnaise deserts. I saw some boulangers selling every kind of bread, tarte, puff & desserts with this red praline.

I spent nearly a year in Lyon about 20 years ago. I was a student, then, so didn't have the money…read moreto eat out. I returned last week (09/2012) to visit with my partner. We were wandering around in the drizzle, looking for a place to eat. As we were looking at the menu, we were graciously invited in. We decided to stay, as the atmosphere was warm and inviting, and the people were friendly. My partner ordered Filet de bœuf 250 grs sauce Beaujolaise aux échalotes, and I ordered Quenelle au brochet sauce aurore. Both came with a gratin, which we shared. While we were waiting for our food, we were served crunchy fried bits of pork skin. They were well salted, but not too much. We also received the wine we'd ordered, and a jug of water was at our disposal. The food was excellent. I had not had a quenelle in over 20 years, and I was not disappointed in the quality or taste. My partner's steak was perfectly prepared, just the way he'd ordered it (medium), and the sauce Beaujolaise aux échalotes was delicious. After our food, I was full, but my partner had never had crème caramel, so I ordered one for him. He loved it. If I ever make it back to Lyon, I will definitely visit this restaurant again.

I ran into this restaurant after exploring Lyon late into the night and making a few wrong turns…read more This is more of a neighborhood restaurant, but was one of the more memorable restaurants I visited while in Lyon - not just for the food, but for the friendliness of the patrons and staff. In poor french I told the waitress that I do not speak french very well and would like to eat. She was kind and found me a place to sit and eat inside. I could see and hear the local patrons outside enjoying conversation over evening dinner and drinks. While inside I met a local couple that were very friendly and reveled at the chance to practice their English conversational skills. I met the man who runs the restaurant who happened to speak English, since he was from Australia (or was it New Zealand?). He recommended a beer that was outstanding to go with my meal. I also met the chef who was also very friendly and proud of his craft. The daily menu (written on a chalkboard) was varied enough so a good choice was available, and all at reasonable prices. Listed that night (Ce Soir) with the help of google translate - Choices En entree: * Young mixed salad * Pea and Soubrassade (a type of sausage?) soup * Sardine rilettes with lemon jelly * Fricassee of frogs and serrano (ham?) * Terrine of chicken, and prune chutney Choices En Plat: * Vegetarian dumplings and legumes * Sauted farmer chicken, olives and lemon * Veal kidneys and sausage * Cajun spiced angus steak * Sandre (fish) steak with crab butter * 1/2 Lobster gratin * Cutlets of foie gras flambee As it turns out I stayed until the restaurant closed chatting with the owner and chef, and was generously offered help to find my way back to city center. When I return to Lyon, I look forward to having another fine and friendly meal at this restaurant. Highly recommended. Cheers