Restaurant L'ASCALIER

Restaurant : L’Ascalier

9, place du Dauphin 28160 BROU

Telephone : 02 37 96 05 52

Closed : Sunday evening, Monday evening and Tuesday evening.

Brou is in the Eure et Loir region (Centre), south west of Chartres, and this charming two storey restaurant is to be found in the heart of the bustling market town. At lunchtime the restaurant was full and it’s no surprise as the cooking is of a high standard. Monsieur   is in the kitchen overseeing his traditional (yet inventive) dishes, whilst his wife manages the ‘salle’ in an extremely efficient manner, the service is excellent.

Luncheon –Menu 13,70 € pp including Starter and Main course is extremely good value – other set menus are also available or there is the enterprising ‘carte’ with a strong accent on local produce, from this essentially agricultural region of France

Menu:

Andouille –coarse grained home made sausage (herbs and pork)– served with warm baby potatoes with a light mayonnaise –v good indeed.

Crispy thin paléron (shoulder of beef) served on a mixed vegetable bed –sautéed baby potatoes – slightly dry beef but tasty – tempted by the puddings, the strawberry charlotte looked super, but it was stiflingly hot so we resisted..

A la carte

Gratin de Langoustines.. Shellfish cream sauce, absolutely delicious – the sauce was lightly seasoned.

The Ascalier is clearly worth a detour so we shall return to do it justice, a rating of 7/10.