This restaurant was recommended to us by the hotel and, having checked the location out, was a little concerned as to it’s pedigree. There is a large moroccan restaurant opposite and a very swish looking french restaurant a couple of doors down. As they all close down for the afternnon and do not re-open until 7 p.m. there was no way of getting an indication of the interiors. Hugo has a small yellow door with hand painted notices in the windows announcing 2 courses from €15.
The sign over the door says cuisine créative et provençale. Nothing ventured, nothing gained we arrived at around 7.30 and found it to be a fairly small room with around a dozen wooden tables with chairs to match.
There was one waitress and the menu came to the table on a blackboard. The wine list was on another blackboard on the wall and wines were offered in a choice of 5 sizes from whole bottles to small glasses. No prizes for guessing the size of our order.
The food! What can I say; creative; definately: provençal; never having been there I cannot comment.
All starters €7. I chose the Croquant de Chèvre à La Figue & aux Amandes. Do not translate this literally. It is a thick slice of goats cheese topped with fig conserve and almonds and it is mouth watering. The rest of the party were conservative and settled for the Foie Gras Maison aux Cranberries. They may be spelt the same but the cranberries here are not like those from Tesco’s.
Main Courses – €9 for salads or vegetarian and the dearest €15.
I had the speciality of the day which was a mix of prawns, whitefish, squid and octopus, pan seared and with a simple herbed olive oil sauce. I am at a loss to remember what everybody else had, but they made appreciative noises and you can see the choices on the board!
All Desserts €6:
I could not resist the Fondant Chocolade with Salade de Fruits.
All in all another memorable meal in a great atmosphere.