We had a fairly great lunch here. I'd get the guinea hen…read moreover the coq au vin. The amuse bouche we had was totally delicious - this little curry cake thing. I still think about it. The staff was great and totally didn't make fun of us for our Frankenstein-quality french.

24 Oct 2015, one day before my the 85th anniversary of my father's birth…read more The name "Balance Food and Wine" might have an idiomatic meaning in French. Who would have expected such world class food and service in a small town of about 3,500 people in the Jura department of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France? I read about the restaurant before leaving home in the U.S., and my hopes were exceeded. The host, Alain, and our waiter, Louis, were very professional, responsive, timely, and helpful with all of our questions and getting us a wonderful dining experience during a brief visit of less than 24 hours to their commune here in France. We ate a list of dishes, each of which was certainly French: Rognonnade de veau dans sa sauce crémée, palais de polenta poêlée (Veal kidneys in a cream sauce with slices of fried polenta) Le foie gras poélé enrobé de sa panure aux petites graines (fried breaded foie gras with small seeds - for an additional €3) Very nice, but less than stellar, the only thing I _might_ have deducted points for, but didn't. Velouté Dubarry à l'huile de chanvre et son cœur croustillant au sumac (Velvety Dubarry -cream of cauliflower- soup with hemp oil and a crunchy center with sumac) Le coq nu vin jaune et aux morilles, servis en cocotte à l'ancienne (rooster simmered in vin jaune with morel mushrooms, served in a baking casserole) L'assiette du fromager: Comté & Morbier (slices of cheese, two of Comté and one of Morbier) Poire caramélisée et gelée au Poulsard, sa boule de glace à la créme Isigny They do NOT accept American Express, but to me, who cares? Not me.