L'Auberge Bressane, bourgeois French cuisine in a traditional atmosphere

Head to the Auberge Bressane for a feast in the purest French tradition. On the menu, well-executed bourgeois cuisine, to be savored in the authentic atmosphere of a small regional inn.

When you step through the door of theAuberge Bressane, expect to take a delicious leap back in time. Old-fashioned posters, coats of arms and maps of France, leather booths and benches, wood panelling on the walls and iron chandeliers on the ceiling... We're plunged into the atmosphere of a traditional inn in the heart of a small French village, and it's not for the faint-hearted.

Open for decades in the 7th arrondissement, a stone's throw from the Invalides, the Auberge Bressane has been taken over by the Dumant family, whose Margot and Félix are already at the helm of the excellent traditional restaurant Aux Crus de Bourgogne.

Here, too, we jump headfirst into the French tradition, with a menu that gives pride of place to dishes in sauce, unavoidable recipes from France's culinary heritage, and those marvels that would be just as at home with our grandmother (a good cook!) as on the menus of France's most renowned restaurants.

Cheese soufflé, bouchées à la reine, bourguignon de joue de boeuf, oeufs en meurette, pâté en croûte, and of course, game... If the mere mention of these dishes makes your mouth water and you're looking for comfort in this Parisian winter, then theAuberge Bressane is the place to go.

Of course, French, bourgeois cuisine, with its gentle Burgundian accents and the finest French produce, comes at a price: à la carte, expect to pay between €8 and €18 for starters, €22 and €45 for main courses, and €11 and €18 for desserts. But the restaurant also offers lunchtime starter/main course or main course/dessert formulas at 29€ and 35€ for starters/main courses/desserts. Enough to let you discover a good part of the menu for less.

To savor, among others, the excellent crayfish gratin (12€), the unmissable airy Comté soufflé (18€), the bouchées à la reine and their sauce financière (35€), prepared in the purest of traditions, a real treat; the lièvre à la royale, for game lovers; or the delicious pike quenelles (25€).

Of course, if you've still got a little room, we'd advise you to finish on a sweet note - lunches at the Auberge Bressane can quickly turn out to be gargantuan. Top of the list are the crêpes Suzette (14€), flambéed before your very eyes with Grand Marnier, or the sweet soufflés, with a choice of chocolate (12€), salted butter caramel, Grand Marnier or apple-Calvados .

French cuisine at its best.

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