Mission: find an unforgettable restaurant open in Lyon, the gastronomy capital of France, on Christmas Day. 🎄🇫🇷
It definitely helped that we had the foresight to secure a reservation weeks in advance… and this morning, as if Lyon itself wanted to applaud the effort, Lori and I woke up to a snowfall, something neither of us has seen in years. The city felt like a snow globe.
From there, we made our way to lunch at the Michelin 1-star Restaurant Guy Lassausaie, a choice driven entirely by my admiration for the chef’s creativity. And he did not disappoint.
Each course was thoughtful, expressive, beautifully composed, and most importantly, very tasty.
Sharing our dishes from this restaurant below. Menu below if interested.
- Truffle surprise with foie gras, spiced brioche
- Soft-scrambled egg with lobster, American-style emulsion
- Herb salad tartine and lobster roulade with olive oil from Les Baux
- Scallops from Port-en-Bessin sautéed in brown butter
- Butternut squash ravioli and pumpkin velouté with lemongrass and ginger
- Steamed fillet of barbel, watercress and ginger iodized emulsion, knife-cut tartare of Jerusalem artichoke and caviar
- Free-range Bresse capon breast cooked in hay, stuffed leg with horn-of-plenty mushrooms, short jus with Malabar pepper, chestnuts, salsify
- Truffled Brie
- Clementine salad with saffron, clementine sorbet and sesame tuile
- Small Ardèche-style Yule log, ice cream and candied chestnuts
