We've been going on at you for some time now about this place! So just take some of your own and bring your appetite along! It's the best bargain in the area! Like many of our good ideas, you need to search around a bit and not wait until it jumps out in front of you, or someone brings it to your door or the news announces it on the television. You can imagine that with a full weekday lunchtime menu at 13 &euros the place is busy. Mauricette and I watch people being turned away with their tails between their legs and hungry! The nerds didn't book!  We're welcomed by the Virenque family's smiles in the dining room and by their cotton tablecloths and napkins. The lady who only wears a green hat to hide her Camel hair wig rather takes to the way Jean-Marc Virenque cooks his food on the open fire. He cuts no corners when preparing his meat. The "buffet des entrées" is complete with fresh home-prepared grated carrots, real egg mimosa, great quality stuffed vine leaves, well prepared pasta salad, potted meats, herrings in oil... 14,5/20.

Our dishes have similar garnishing: light chips, Provence tomato and a delicious courgette flan. The lady with the green hat rubs up against a "poitrine de veau farcie" (stuffed veal) and guess who wins? 14,5/20. For me: "carré de veau" (roast veal). Knuckle what's more. In a 13&euros menu, my dear little green bunnies, it's a bit like a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And a delight to eat. The meat is supple, soft and pink. 14,5/20. It's funny to brag about chef Virenque's meats when you know that he once worked in Fonfon's shadow making Bouillabaisse! So! So what? Have we finished? No, it's time for cheese! We're left a small tray on the table! Why not? And to conclude how about a portion of "omelette norvégienne" (baked Alaska) at 14/20. When the weather's good some men pop round to play bowls whilst their ladies play cards on the patio. There's a really healthy convivial feeling here, and we like it. And in Marseille if you please!