Les Bouteilles

Crime: Seabass on a bed of creamy rissoto with mushrooms and yellow courgette with a glass of white wine, a 2006, MEO-CAMUZET, BOURGOGNE HAUTES-COTES DE NUITS CLOS SAINT-PHILIBERT MONOPOLE WHITE and a cheese platter with a glass of red wine, a 2009 Crozes-Hermitage from Emmanuel Darnaud. Both wines were very nice.

Scene: Les Bouteilles, 22, Rue Armand Brossard, 44000 Nantes 02 40 12 10 38

Investigation: After a walk on Ile the Nantes and not in the mood for one of Nantes best crepes for diner we continued our quest for food. 9PM and we were getting delusional and was about to eat crappy stuff in the neighborhood of our hotel La Perouse. Link.

Finally we bumped into Les Bouteilles. A small restaurant decorated with wine bottles and packed with locals. It was 9:15pm we need to go in here…

With our eyes focussed on one of the plats du jour, the grilled entrecôte, we got very disappointed with the news that the table behind us had the last pieces of meat haha So, we went for the sea bass with a tasty risotto.

But more impressive was the service, the wines they served and their cheese platter. With the little knowledge of french (I’m still practicing) I manage to ask the waitress for the names of the 5 cheeses we’ve tasted.

Clockwise:
1. Saint Nectaire - a soft french cheese with a very light and subtle taste
2. Saint Marcellin - a french cheese with a very crumbly texture with full of taste
3. Morbier - little bit a la Port Salut
4. Ubiato - a hard and salty Italian cheese which tastes like gran p…
5. Gorgonzola -  this gorgonzola was the most ‘powerful’ gorgonzola I’ve tasted. Great on bread, because the flavour is quite spicy.

If you go to Nantes, please visit this place!