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Restaurant "Le Grill du Chateau", Eze Village, Alpes-Maritime, France.
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A light, delicious everyday cuisine filled with the
tastes of Provence and a love of the sea.
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Peter and Linda D'Aprix 2001
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"Le Grill du Chateau" is the brain child of M. Thierry Naidu, the Executive Manager of "Chateau de la Chèvre d'Or", the four star luxury hotel just down the lane from the "Grill". He created the restaurant to give his patrons an alternative from the haute cuisine of his 2 Michelin star restaurant "La Chèvre d'Or". He wanted guests of the hotel to have available to them high quality food prepared more simply, full of quality ingrediants but lighter and less rich and at everyday prices. He has succeed admirably.
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Fresh Vegetable Salad with a light olive oil vinaigrette.
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Small, intimate dining room with ancient exposed beams.
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Restaurant from below on the path to the "Chateau de la Chèvre d'Or" with the plate glass windows clearly evident.
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The small front entrance on the right on the lane just as you exit the archway.
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Click photos with blue borders to see larger version.
Peter D'Aprix © 2001
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"Le Grill du Chateau" specializes in dishes exuding the tastes of Provence and dedicated, though not exclusively, to sea food. The style is modern bistro with its roots in tradition but its interpretation is all "today". His young chef, Charles Bombaron, though born in Reims, has adopted Provence and has many years of experience in the Nice region focusing on the products and tastes of the area with a particular interest in making use of the wonderful range of exceptionally fresh fish and sea food. Nice has a fabulous professional market with separate halls for produce, fish, meat and flowers. With four restaurants in Eze village, M. Naidu is able to obtain the best of service and attention from his vendors ensuring fine quality and taste.
The dining room is small and intimate. Its plate glass windows give a view down the hills of the coast toward Monte Carlo with glimpses of the sea off to the right. Exposed beams and simple white walls make a comfortable ambiance for enjoying the food.
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Breast of Duck with Lavender Honey sauce and sautéed vegetables.
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A private table in the corner with a view out the windows.
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Chilled Zuchinni Soup with local olive oil and a hint of Pesto.
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We enjoyed enormously the chilled zuchinni soup. Also the generous salad of fresh vegetables was light and refreshing with a delicious dressing of local olive oil and bitter greens.
The fish was cleanly prepared and very good. They serve a lovely filet of "Rougets" flambéed in Pastis with baked garlic cloves. Another filet dish was of Loup, a white fish, served with a tomato cream with anchovies. I had an excellent Magret de Canard au Miel (breast of duck in honey sauce) with was served with an ample mound of lightly sauteed vegetables. The lamb was braised and served with puréed garlic confit.
Desserts were varied and were making much of the fresh red berries that were at their peak when we were there in the Spring.
Restaurant "Le Grill du Château"
06360 Eze-Village
France.
tel: 33-(0)4.93.41.00.17.
fax: 33-(0)4.93.41.06.72.
To get to Eze Village, take the "Moyenne Corniche". When you arrive at the village, you will see the big public parking lot. You must put money into the honorary parking machine at the center of the car park then put the ticket that is time stamped on your dash board so the parking meter maid will not give you a parking fine.
Walk up the street that goes up hill to the entrance arch of the walled village. Follow the lanes constantly leading to the left. You will find the "Grill" just on the other side of an arch. If you find yourself at the "Chateau de la Chèvre d'Or" you have gone about 100 yards too far.
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