We had our second three-Michelin-star meal at Paul Bocuse. It was a very different experience from Arzak, both in terms of the service/ambiance and food. I loved it though, which surprised me. I loved everything about it. It was a 20-30 min ride from the center of Lyon, very much in the middle of nowhere. As soon as we arrived, maybe 3-5 waiters were there to greet us and escort us to our seats. All of the servers were male, and they doubled both as waiters and preparers of certain dishes table-side. The food was intricately prepared, with as much if not more flavor in my opinion than Arzak, but you could tell what it was, which I apparently like. There were fewer courses but they were much larger and richer. By the time dessert came around I could barely move, but it was worth it. We did a pre-fixe menu because it made more sense price-wise and it was also nicer to have fewer choices. We chose the "Classique" menu, which was the least inexpensive but also had more choices that I liked. We also added the truffle soup a la carte, which was crazy
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| Various complimentary amuse bouches. My fav was the far right of avocado mousse. |
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| Delicious bread and butter |
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| Cassolette of lobster "a l'armoricaine". Maybe the best thing I had. It was thickness wise in between a cream soup and brothy soup. Delicious cream flavor with huge chunks of lobster and pistachio foam. So unlike anything I've eaten |
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| Quenelle of pike and crayfish with Nashua sauce. Even silkier than the first quenelle Dan had |
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| Truffle soup. 85 euros |
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| Close-up. Didn't take a pic of inside but super rich with truffle bits and foie gras broth. Nice and flaky puff pastry |
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| Filet of beef Rossini with Perigeaux sauce. Also in between seared foie gras soo good |
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| Fricasse of bresse chicken in cream sauce with morel mushrooms. Chicken cooked in a bladder. Other people got it actually in the bladder and it was popped tableside. I think it was better this way, because seeing the bladder was little unappetizing. Great flavor but a little rich for me |
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| Cheese course. So many options and our cheese guy didn't really speak English |
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| Chocolate mouse and macarons and chocolate |
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| Many dessert options |
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| We could've literally tried all |
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| But instead Dan chose a key lime tart |
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| And I got baba au rum with a 1/5 of rum haha. If I hadn't been stuffed I probably would've been tipsy |
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