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Bouchon Comptoir Brunet Print

 

ImageGood food, conviviality, Beaujolais: here is the temple of Francs-Mâchons, all covered in earthenware. A setting reminiscent of the thirties and specialities which have tripe mixed in the salad. Alright, giblets, but which giblets: pork tripe gratins, veal snout, trotters or sweetbreads accompanied by garlic, parsley and a dash of vinegar. What joy!

Café Abel
23, rue Claudia
69002 Lyon
Tel + 33 (0)478 37 44 31
Photo: CCA

 
Café comptoir Abel Print

 

ImageDefinitely one of the oldest restaurants in Lyon. Beautiful panelling, tables and chairs in wood: nothing seems to have changed over the past three centuries. It is even said that it's where Richelieu and Mazarin met! As for Bertrand Tavernier, there is the 1976 « Juge et l'Assassin ».  Historic site or a set for film shoots , the Café is primarily a reference point for gourmands who come to taste the sumptous pike quenelles (probably the best in the city) and other really good traditional specialties like chicken morel.

Café comptoir Abel
25 rue Guynemer
69002 Lyon
Tel + 33 (0)478 37 46 18
Photo: CCA

 
Bouchon Maître Pierre Print

ImageA very cute bouchon located at the very beginning of rue Mercière, a street for gourmands.  A small restaurant which exudes cheerfulness with its chequered tablecloths, brightly coloured wooden chairs and a patron who welcomes you as if you were old friends. As for the cuisine, it offers the best of lyonnais specialities - quenelles, boudin, salami, andouillette - and of seafood with Saint Jacques scallops and flambéed gambas. For those with large appetites, an entrecôte of 400gms costs 22 euros. And to quench one's thirst, the patron offers Côtes du Rhône and Crus Beaujolais selected by him from among the local wine producers. A feast of old to savour on the terrace, from the first rays of morning sun onwards.

Maître Pierre
55 Rue Mercière 
F -69002 Lyon
Tel +33 478 373 329

Text and photo: Haehl's Cie(purebred Lyonnais citizens)   

 
A short lyonnais gourmet lexicon Print

Bouchon: from the word « bousche », meaning bunch of pine cones, which used to be hung on the door of places where one could both « bouchonner » one's horse as well as have a  drink and a bite to eat.

Gone: refers to a child, whatever its age

Gras double: tripe used especially in the preparation of tablier de sapeur.

Grattons: drippings of grilled pork, and less often, of goose or duck, served as an aperitif.

Mâchon: from the verb « mâcher » (to chew) which refers to the lyonnais snack served at 9am or 5pm with a decanter of Beaujolais.

Tablier de sapeur: named by the marshal of Castellane under Napoleon III to describe the piece cut out of the rumen of cattle. Sapeur du Génie, the marshal had indeed found a resemblance between the apron the sappers wore over their uniform and the rumen of the animal.

 
Quelques bons dictons lyonnais Print

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Parmi les grands classiques: 

Au travail on fait ce qu'on peut mais à table on se force.
Bien sûr que faut savoir tout ce qu'on dit. Mais faut pas rien dire tout ce qu'on sait.
Ce qui donne le plus de peine c'est d'avoir rien à faire.
C'est au moment de payer les pots qu'on sent qu'on n'a plus soif.
C'est pas les belles paroles qui font cuire la soupe.
Dans tout cuchon de monde, que ce soye à la Chambre ou à la vogue, y a toujours plus de pieds que de cervelles.
Ecoute, petit ! Pour faire son chemin faut de l'honnêteté et de l'habileté. L'honnêteté, c'est de tenir ses engagements. L'habileté, c'est de jamais en prendre.
Il y a deux choses que gagnent de vieillir, le bon vin et les amis.
Pour que le vin fasse du bien aux femmes, il faut que ce soyent les hommes qui le boivent
Tout le monde  peuvent pas être de Lyon. Il en faut ben d'un peu partout.

Pour lyonnais avertis et les estrangers qui ne craignent pas d'apprendre les langues étrangères:

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