Le Relais Gascon
French restaurant — Quartier De Clignancourt (Paris)
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Nestled in the heart of Montmartre, Le Relais Gascon is an authentic restaurant celebrating South-Western French cuisine. Famous for its giant salads topped with crispy garlic and parsley potatoes, the establishment offers a generous traditional menu featuring classics like duck confit, foie gras, and cassoulet. The atmosphere is friendly and casual, with warm service that attracts both tourists and locals. Portions are substantial and prices reasonable, making it a sought-after spot for a flavorful and authentic meal in one of Paris's most picturesque neighborhoods.
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YummY! - A Parisian French Dinner @ Le Relais Gascon
Montemartre, Paris, France - September 2016 On a tour of Europe, while in Paris, we were looking for some good French food. The previous day on a walking tour of the Montemartre district, the guide had recommended Le Relais Gascon. Although we were staying a distance away, we decided to go back to Montemartre and try out the place. And we definitely did not have any regrets as the food was fabulous. Le Relais Gascon has several outlets, and this one situated at Montemartre was just the right place for hungry tourists who had taken on the steep roads and lanes of the district, and it's fairly near the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, (Basilica of the Sacret Heart). The restaurant has quite an extensive menu, but with our limited exposure to French cuisine we decided to play it safe and ordered a set menu that include an entree, a main, desserts and the house wine. The good thing is, although this was a set, we could pick our dishes from the menu à la carte. For our entrée, we selected Escargots. This was served piping hot on a wooden platter and came together with thick slices of baguette. Unlike the ones which we were used to, the ones here were served with parsley butter sauce instead of garlic butter. The snails here are of fairly large size. Gouging them out from the shells, the meat was well covered with the sauce. The light sauce went very well, lending a tinge of their flavour to the succulent meat without masking its original taste too much. Our main - Confit De Canard, i.e. Duck Confit. It came together with some broiled long beans and a generous serving of soft potato chips. The potato chips were a good touch; slight thicker than the standard crispy potato chips it was soft on the inside. Being fried in the duck oil, it had that special taste. The portion was an upper thigh; it had been cooked and preserved with its own fat. The cooking was done well with the skin just adequately burn to a light brown. It looked so delicious that we could not wait to dig in. A slice cut in showed the preserved duck meat to be tender, slightly juicy with most of the oil used for cooking well drained away. It had a good duck base taste, not overly strong on the aroma. They have selected their ducks well; the skin was thick and yet did not have too much underlying fat. Cooking had been done well too, the skin was adequately soft to bite into without being mushy. Overall, it was a good balance of meat and skin with good flavours from both. For desserts - Crème Brûlée. It was served in a round porcelain plate with a sprig of mint leaf and half a cut of strawberry on top. Here, I had removed the leaves and strawberry to see how nicely the flaming had been carried out to the caramelised top. The caramel top was a wafer thin layer, imparting just enough sweetness to the soft creamy custard layer below. A very good meal just for €32-00 inclusive of taxes. The interior is cosy but has limited space that could not cater to the throngs of visitors to Montemartre. So many dine al-fresco. In the evening, even in summer, with a cool light breeze this was nice. Below are the menus of Le Relais Gascon, click on photo for an enlarged clearer view. Items and prices are correct at time of this blog. Le Relais Gascon Entree Menu. Le Relais Gascon Salad Menu. Le Relais Gascon Mains Menu. Le Relais Gascon Desserts Menu. Le Relais Gascon Side Dishes Menu. Le Relais Gascon Wine List and other Drinks Menu, including aperitifs, beer, etc. LE RELAIS GASCON Web Page: http://www.lerelaisgascon.fr/ Hours: 12:00pm to 12:00am (Everyday) GPS: 48.884, 2.33916 (Click here for Google Street View) Related / Similar Blogs : If you like this, view my other blogs at Jotaro's Blog (comments most welcomed. if you like this pls share via facebook or twitter)
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Le Relais Gascon
LE RELAIS GASCON À ABBESSE – UNE CUISINE DU SUD-OUEST AUTHENTIQUE Situé au cœur du quartier de Montmartre, le Restaurant Le Relais Gascon est une véritable pépite pour les amateurs de cuisine du Sud-Ouest. Avec son ambiance chaleureuse et sa carte variée, cet établissement vous promet une expérience culinaire inoubliable avec ses salades géantes. Le Relais Gascon est réputé pour sa cuisine authentique, mettant à l’honneur les saveurs et les produits typiques de la région. Vous pourrez y déguster des plats traditionnels tels que le cassoulet, le foie gras, la garbure, le magret de canard et ses escargots. Chaque plat est préparé avec soin, en utilisant des ingrédients frais et de qualité. Un aperçu du menu : https://www.lerelaisgascon.fr/menus Le restaurant propose également une sélection de vins du Sud-Ouest, parfaits pour accompagner votre repas. Que vous préfériez un vin rouge corsé ou un blanc fruité, vous trouverez certainement votre bonheur dans la carte des vins du Relais Gascon. Le cadre du restaurant est à la fois rustique et élégant, avec ses poutres apparentes et ses tables en bois. Vous pourrez profiter d’une atmosphère conviviale et d’un service attentionné, assuré par une équipe passionnée par la gastronomie du Sud-Ouest. Que vous soyez de passage à Abbesse ou que vous habitiez la région, le Restaurant Le Relais Gascon est une adresse à ne pas manquer. laissez-vous transporter par les saveurs authentiques de la cuisine du Sud-Ouest et vous faire conduire après votre diner zn choisissant un de nos transferts.
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Le Relais Gascon, Paris
Blai and I had ourselves a long weekend in Paris at the end of the summer, something we felt we had to do as it had been four years since our last visit. Four years! We were going to use this opportunity to finally visit Montmartre and thoroughly explore the Left Bank and also um… miss Versailles again. On our first night there, we had built up an appetite walking from our hotel near République all the way to Montmartre and we were ready for some eating. I’d read about Relais Gascon on Robyn’s blog and her description of their salads topped with garlicky fried potatoes made me put the restaurant at the top of my Montmartre eating list. We found the place quite easily, chose from the menu and then settled in to dinner. Sure their name on the menu (Salades Géantes) should have given us a hint as to their size but they were still shocking! Each of our salads was a huge brown bowl of lettuce and tomato dressed in a mustardy vinaigrette and then scattered with toppings before being buried under a pile of those thinly sliced fried potatoes that have been tossed with fresh garlic and parsley. My Salade Gascon (€15,50) was the most expensive on the salad menu all thanks to its slice of foie gras on top. In addition, there were slices of smoked duck breast layered in there. Blai’s Salade Fraîcheur (€12,50) seemed ironically named, fraîcheur meaning freshness. Freshness is probably the last thing you’d think of a salad topped with black olives, ham, lardons, a fried egg and, of course, the fried potatoes with garlic! And what a quantity of lardons too! They were fantastic. The crispy edged potatoes were very addictive and the actual vegetables were excellent for refreshing the palate in between bites of all that richness. I was glad we didn’t order starters and after these behemoth salads, unfortunately there was no room for dessert too. If salads aren’t for you (and if they’re not, are you sure? Have you looked at these salads?!), there are other traditional dishes on the menu too – such as steak or confit de canard – and a lot of them are served with those potatoes. Le Relais Gascon 6, rue des Abbesses 75018 Paris
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