Restaurant LE BOURBONNOUX

Restaurant :LE BOURBONNOUX

Address : 44, rue Bourbonnoux, 18000 BOURGES

Telephone : 02 48 24 14 76

Fax :          02 48 24 77 67

Internet :www.bourbonnoux.com

Open – Mondays to Thursdays inclusive, Saturday evening & Sunday lunch.

Closed –All day Friday, Saturday lunch and Sunday evening.

Seasonal closure during part of the (3) school holidays – this varies each year, so check beforehand.

Located in a cobbled street of the same name, and near the magnificent Cathedral, this cosy restaurant is home to traditional French cooking with emphasis on local produce.

Set menus range from 19€ pp -33€ pp- a chilled asparagus soup with a cloud of savoury whipped egg-white was refreshing and tasty, followed by a fillet of cod with walnut oil and a confit de canard (v good - 3 € supplement) both dishes were well presented.The dessert was a peach ‘parfait’ with nougat ice cream –rather clumsily conceived with an array of (unnecessary) fruits as decoration. We were a bit shocked that with the 25 € menu one was not allowed the full cheese board (only possible with the pricier menu), I thought that was a bit cheap. Furthermore my starter, a carrot terrine, tasted of gelatin and was unrefined..The waiters are friendly but I found Madame rather offhand –it was, though, a busy evening. An uneven meal and another establishment resting on its laurels – Rating : 6/10.