I just have to add that I was a bit meatier in that photo. My wife was pregnant and had an excuse -- but I had no excuse other than eating fat and sloth. I was eating foie gras, more foie, and other very tasty French delights. It was seriously the best eating I have ever done in my life. I'll post a map of restaurants I did in google maps that I considered and maybe Dadra007 can say yay or nay. I didn't go to most of them though -- I just did the research on Chow.
Here is the map.
P.S. I am 10k up in the air, so my internet is working petty poorly. I'll edit later if things don't work out.
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Edit: Ok, already found a mistake. The blogger was teaching at Emile Henry, not Le Creuset. Same difference.
Yes, Lyon is city of the food but now, a lot of restaurants are poor and just for tourists. Your list is great with some very good adress.
Just some additions : misses one "bouchon", for me, the best one (more rustic but more as formely) :
- "Chez Mounier", rue des marronniers 69002.
Another "bistro" is very great (fresh food with few choices and fine cooker) :
- Le Bistro du Palais (rue Servient 69003), it's my favorite. Bernard Lacombes's restaurant but I prefer that one to the other one "Leon de Lyon".
-For chocolate, thes best for me (and for Bocuse since 20 years) is Bernachon. Expensive but very very good know-how (Richart and Voisin are not in the same league)
-For the products, Les Halles (cours Lafayette 69003) propose all the real lyonnais' products (expensive but incredible quality choice)
-For coffee, a new little torefacteur with a great coffe-shop with expresso, cappucino, american coffee (but delicate) : Mokxa (
http://www.cafemokxa.com/content/2-coffee-shop-lyon-specialty-coffee-france) - 69001-La Croix-Rousse (nice place very frenchy and the boss and his girl are bilinguals !).
Yes, it's better to rent an appartement. Hôtels are expensive city center. I can look for addresses if people are interested... Paul Bocuse is a old chief, the price are a little bit too much but the food is classic and always good. Lyon is a very nice city with italian architecture and two romantic rivers. The light is often beautifull for photographers (but french people don't speak very english, like me :spankarse: ...)
