This game of poker is a success! It was daring to choose this place to set up shop on Pointe-Rouge. This is a place for sandwich bars and sun cream even in the winter. Vanessa Robuschi and Xavier Pariente have put their feet in it, and I mean big and small dishes to please you throughout your meal. And don't get me wrong! Don't go thinking that this is gastronomic-whatever with the usual rules! It's a question of choice for a "question of taste"! This place has no constraint whatsoever and just wants to do well in every domain. The compositions are brought together with a lot of judicious and convinced thinking: marinated smoked herring pie, Granny Smith sour vinaigrette, smooth cauliflower soup with nutmeg, white pudding millefeuille and yellow turnip with cinnamon biscuit crumbs and many more. Surprising eh? They are nearly all as cheeky as the fried foie gras on gingerbread banana and liquorice chutney or the beef fillet and butternut gnocchi.

I don't search for long and opt for "selle d'agneau farcie au Calisson et son gratin dauphinois revisité au miel, Comté et romarin" (lamb stuffed with Calisson and potato gratin with honey, Comté cheese and rosemary). The meat is lovely and tender, the gratin is subtle and personalised. 15,5/20. Hey! What a great idea: "poêlée de mangues en crumble, chantilly de coriandre et sorbet passion" (fried mango crumble, coriander whipped cream and passion fruit sorbet). This is a dessert which a "mangos" miles to find! It is simple and elegantly presented, serious and rigorous. 15,5/20. And in such stressful times, the restaurant is full at lunchtime! I had the only table left! At 13,50 € there's a full lunchtime formula, I'm not surprised guys! Rigour, sensations, good products, low prices. Any faults? Urm... Paper napkins at lunchtime but cotton ones in the evening. Is that all? Well as far as we're concerned, yes. Go and find out for yourself!