Besançon
Le Lotus d'or

Le Lotus d'or

78 rue des Granges, 25000, Besancon, France, Besançon

Café • Soupe • Poulet • Restaurants


"Today was the first time eating in this restaurant. I told my husband to try this restaurant because I really want to find out if I like Cambodian cuisine. I have visited Siem Reap long time ago and my culinary experience was nothing to keep. Nothing I tried in Siem Reap impressed me. Which was unfortunate. Probably I was having meals in the wrong restaurants.Anyways, the ambience is very nice, as you enter the door you find on your left the painting of Angkor Wat in sephia. The decoration in general cuts you out from the reality as if you were in Asia instead of in France.The waitress was very nice, the service was fast too.My husband & I decided to take the chef's suggestion who cost us about €17 something per person.For entrée you have choices: Nem/Potage Pékinois/Salade Crevette.My husband took Nem (sorry no photo, I forgot) but I tasted it. It was nothing like in other restaurant where they buy frozen nem from chinese supermarket. This one tasted fresh & different form than the one you buy frozen. I tasted it with fresh mint leaf. I liked it.My entrée was Potage Pékinois (not sure what chinese soup this was about) but I LOVED it! The taste was very "firework-like". You find something salty, something sweet and something acid. This was called "potage" because it was thickened with eggs. You can also find some shredded chicken & shredded bamboo shoot too. Another flavour I found inside was coriander leaf. Attention to those who can't support chilis: there were some small chili pieces inside the potage (the waitress will warn you that this potage is "piquante". That was the reason why I choose the potage in the first place. For main course my husband choose Boeuf Lok Lak (Lok Lak Beef), which was beef (I think) sauté in sweet soya sauce. Accompanied with nouille sauté aux pousses de soja (sauté noodles with soy bean sprouts). I tasted this a little bit. As usual, sweet cuisine was not my favourite but the beef was tender. The noodles tasted good. If you don't want to eat noodles you can choose riz nature (white plain rice) or riz cantonais (fried rice with pieces of egg, pea & ham).My main course was Canard aux Basilic sur une planche chauffant (Hot Plate Duck with Basil). This was excellent! I asked the chef to spiced up a little bit and he did as much as I wanted. The duck was tender, the mix of vegetable was not overcook, they were still crunchy. I like this as this is a sign of fresh cooked vegetables. My main course was accompanied with riz cantonais. About dessert.. Do you remember everytime you go to restaurant you push yourself to eat or finish your dessert only because you ordered a set meal? Here you can skip to coffee as replacement of coffee, this was proposed by our waitress.I respected restaurants who do this. Most of the time you obliged yourself to eat dessert, you already hate the idea of having eat something more when you're no longer hungry (which IMHO the cause of overweight) then when you want a sip of coffee some restos were more than happy to charge again. I say "chapeau" for the waitress & of course the resto.Will come back for more, probably bring my family or in-laws to eat here. If you ever come to Besançon and crave for asian food, Lotus d'Or will not dissapoint you. Next time I go there again, I'll try something different (probably some shrimp or chicken) and of course I'll write another review!"

Le Champagney

Le Champagney

37 rue Battant | In the Court Under the Porch, 25000, Besancon, France, Besançon

Dîners • Fromage • Français • Européen


"Nous nous attendions à bien mieux eu égard à la réputation de l'établissement - tant sur Tripavisor que dans la communauté bisontine - et aux prix pratiqués.À commencer par le plus important, le contenu des assiettes. La nourriture proposée n'a aucun intérêt. Si la cuisson de la viande et du poisson est réussie et la fraîcheur des produits apparente, l'ensemble ne suscite aucun enthousiasme gustatif, faute d'audace dans les associations de saveurs ou les ingrédients utilisés. Les accompagnements sont consternants tant ils sont archi-basiques : une galette de pomme de terre pour la viande et une julienne de légumes pour le poisson. Le dessert était particulièrement inintéressant : un sablé breton desséché simplissime réhaussé de framboises, à peine rattrapé par le sorbet au yuzu (seule note d'originalité de tout le menu). Bref on mange mais rien ne se passe : ni plaisir, ni découverte. Enfin, la présentation des plats n'est absolument pas moderne. Quant au cadre, le lieu est un concentré de chic cheap provincial : faux coquelicots rouges sur nappes blanches, cheminée et lustre imposants, écritures à dorures sur miroir, et assiettes carrées. Le service est chaleureux mais brouillon : nous n'avons pas été avertis par exemple de ce que les desserts devaient être commandés en début de repas, et avons dû manifester nos besoins de manière appuyée tout au long de la soirée. Parfait en somme si vous avez des papilles et de l'argent à perdre (26 euros le cabillaud à la julienne de légumes tout de même). Sinon, bof."