Bordeaux Restaurants-Bistros

Pont Pierre Bordeaux

Last comments I read on frances gastronomy by Belgian journalists where quite negative.

I must say that in my 1 week travel trough france was that cafés and bistros serve fantastic meat. Duck, onglet, pig trotters, ... great cuissons as ze french zay!!

Chuncks of potatoes deep fried in goose fat and further braissed in the oven with tyme, oignons, garlic.

I must say that café bistros in Belgium still got a lot to learn from ze Fren

In France far better value and meat quality superior.

Anyways heres my view on Bordeaux:

At the centre of Bordeaux is a great wine shop named Cousin & Companie owned by Ijacob Schjerbeck (Danish winemaker of D:VIN) on Place du Parlement (one of the oldest plazas of B).

They have a list of restaurants BYO (buy a great bottle at cousin and have them consult you a restaurant). This is fantastic whe've been helped by Greg an american who got stuck in Bordeaux. Knows the place by heart and helpes you around with your wine choice.

http://www.cousin.fr/

http://www.divin.fr/

Buy an old vintage of D:Vin the name says it all and we import it!!

I bought a Château Picque Caillou 2005 Graves

(Cab merlot in the same prop. little cab franc added)

So young so juicy great now, tough lots of potential.

Reserve in advance!!

La Tupina

Who ever goes to Bordeaux must have eaten there!!

2nd world's best sud ouest Kitchen

Great food, pricy for a bistro (pay for the name) Must do bistro.

Had a great Basque Blond Beer (Bob's beer) as aperitif
Côtes de Bourg Laroche Jaubert 05 great value

Chasse-spleen 2003 was fantastic

every wine I had was subtle no astringence or bitterness.

Bistro de Sommelier

Fun thing to do, great wines, simple food, lots of Brits and Americans.

Viandocks

51-52, Quai de Paludate
Tel : 05 56 49 52 69 - Fax : 05 56 85 54 22

V means stock or beefbroth, it used to be the old manufactury/warehouse of Viandocks.
Best place for beef, by at the counter and chose the waight of youre prefered piece.

Pizzeria Peppone

31 Cours Georges Clemenceau
-0556449105

This place is fun, Great waitresses with sharp t(h)ongues.

Amarone by the glass at 7euro.

Home made pasta, nice cellar where you pick your own wine.

Great italian winerange for reasonable prices.

Reserve or wait in line!!

Café de l'Esperance

Bouillac overlooking Bordeaux great view.

This is the Bistro of St-James an amazing Relais & Château

A four building luxury 18-room hotel with a kitchen, redesign of the restaurant, design of the chairs and tables; 1995 - Expansion of the restaurant,design of an outdoor eating area, a brasserie and a swimming pool overlooking B.

Whatever you eat products come from St-James 2 star across the streeth.
Have an aperitif at ST-James and go eat at l'Esperance!!

At Medoc go to:

Lion d'or

All great winemakers and journalists go eat there.

Great winelist, eat some eal and local stuff.

Cordeillan Bages Thierry Marx

Exteme molecular B.S. for those who look for more than only foodorgasms.

Restaurant that's part of Lynch-Bages

Combine with a visit to the winery.

About Bordeaux:

Great impressive city.

This city is perhaps the best place in France. The city has changed a lot during since early 1990’s, when it was old and dirty, stuck somewhere in history, but now is has been washed, modernized and the shores of the Garonne river has been rebuilt.

Great tramsystem.

You can think a lot of different things about Alain Juppe, the mayor of Bordeaux and ex-minister, but during his time Bordeaux has become one of the best places in France.