Le comptoir du marché in Nice
This is a restaurant that kind of fulfill our wishes perfectly. Everyday the talented young chief Lois Guenzati build his card with the fresh products that he find at the Cours Saleya Market just nearby. The food is deliciously sophisticated in a simple way. Flavors are delicate, presentation too, but not complicated. The place, easy...
Time for fat!
It’s THAT time of the year, when we have to eat a lot of sugar and oil because we are pros and we are dedicated to the local production. Yeah, it’s Carnival time on the Riviera, and you have to taste the season doughnuts called “bugnes” or “ganses” or “oreillettes” or “chiaccere” in italian. Whatever...
San Remo’s tasty “La Bionda”
Looking for a family restaurant that is cheap, good and warm for your Saturday nights? Here is “La Bionda” (meaning literally “the blond girl” in Italian), just at the entrance of the charming San Remo, on the side of the road, when you are coming from France. Have you ever heard of a good margarita...
Café Restaurant de la Bourse in Nice
Let’s be clear, this is not a fancy address, this is A TOP address in Nice. A genuine, family, old place “dans son jus” as we said here, not a tourist magnet! Homemade raviolis, gnocchis, stuffed cabbage, pissaladière of course, aïoli (a garlic mayonnaise famous in the south of France, watch your breath), and every...
Gourmet lunch at Café Marché in Nice
If you feel like having an healthy, tasty and natural lunch in le Vieux Nice, but had too much socca, pissaladière and farçis already, go for Café Marché just behind the Cours Saleya. This is a charming little restaurant- Salon de thé, where you might feel back home. Simple dishes, made freshly with local products...
Monaco’s secret darling, Her Highness the Fougassette
I know you’ve been missing us, but the fact is i was too busy eating my subject to talk about it, as i’m a well educated girl who doesn’t speak with her mouth full! So let’s face it, Christmas spirit is all around, perfect time to indulge yourself and try the Monaco fougassette, who has...
The socca gold rush!
Lately we heard about another socca place in Nice which is supposed to be “the best”, la Socca d’Or. Just a quick reminder: socca is the cheap typical dish from Nice, a galette made of chickpeas and water that you eat usually in the streets with fresh ground salt and pepper. There’s this huge fight...
Déli Bo delights!
Unlike what our readers might think, people in Nice are not eating only socca and pissaladières, thanks for their bums and breath. Sometimes one is happy to have a good fresh bagel or club sandwich, and that’s why Déli Bo is here for! [This brand new Deli that opened last february offers also a very...