In this small restaurant where everything is simmering, the recipes of yesteryear and the warmth of meals at our grandmothers’ house come back to life. Marmite, patois and conviviality: here, we let it cook… and we enjoy it.
You like slow-cooked dishes, generous sauces and this friendly warmth that you only find in family kitchens ? So the restaurant “At the Time” risks becoming your new favorite address. Here, everything evokes Sundays of yesteryear : the simmering pots, the slow recipes and a welcome that immediately puts you at ease.
Generous, slow-cooked and deeply Norman cuisine
In this restaurant, we don’t eat “quickly”, explains the restaurateur. Here, a meal is savored and shared, taking all the time it deserves. And it makes sense: all dishes are based on slow cookinglike our ancestors did. The star is the white hensimmered for a long time to become tender. A simple but demanding recipe, where only patience gives this incomparable texture.
Other pride: Normandy osso buco. The meat is first seared in a pot, then deglazed with local cider before simmer for a good half hour. The cooking juice then serves as the basis for a creamy sauce enriched with cream, including almost 10 liters are used every week. For an even more complete immersion, the restaurant also offers frichti, a meal consisting of two to five dishesto eat “like our grandmothers”.
A restaurant that appeals to both locals and Internet users
If many regulars come back, it’s because this place has something unique: a cuisine that comforts as much as it nourishes. The owner speaks of a real “snowball effect” which moves him at every service. Laughter mingles around simmered dishes reminiscent of childhood, everyone tightens up, and for the restaurateur, seeing the empty plates is the best reward.
And they confirm it themselves: “She’s adorable, we are always so well receivedreally friendly and in a good mood”. “Here, we taste Norman dishes from the past and we speak old Norman, which allows traditions to be perpetuated“. The enthusiasm is also felt on social networkswhere enthusiastic comments pile up: “That’s the France we love, with its gastronomy ! ”, “Super !”. Reactions that immediately make you want to test it for yourself .
For this, the restaurant entitled “At the Time” is located at 2, chemin de l’Outre, in Cesny-Bois-Halbout(14220 Cesny-les-Sources). Prices remain accessible, from €16 to €28offering everyone the opportunity to enjoy these typically Norman dishes. A great opportunity to immerse yourself, for lunch, in a true piece of local culinary tradition.
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