A house in the country, it’s an escape. It’s a chance to rest, to find yourself again. Septime’s country house, it’s an escape. It’s a chance to rest, to find yourself again. And to taste delicious food! Here, “you eat well, you drink well”, hope Bertrand Grébaut and Théophile Pourriat. Associates for as long as they can remember, the two friends have added a new star to their constellation. So after Septime, La Cave and Clamato, we have the aptly-named D’une île. Moored in the hamlet of L’Aunay, in the Perche Regional Natural Park, D’une île consists of three little 17th-century buildings of yellow stone, on the edge of a glade. Endowed with its own vegetable garden, the establishment offers creative dining with a leaning towards traditional food (20 covers), and a tranquil, minimalist gîte with 8 bedrooms. This is a novelty for the Parisian duo who for the first time have created a menu specially designed for a restaurant in such a natural setting. For if the Septime cuisine is 75% vegetarian, that of D’une île uses only local produce, coming straight from the garden wherever possible. Fanny Payre and Valentin Burteaux, two young chefs who worked at the Rue de Charonne establishment before transferring to Rémalard, have the job of mollycoddling the vegetables before harvesting them and transforming them into lots of different dishes. Gardening is just one of the many skills that they have had to learn, as well as bread-baking and table service. For at D’une île, there’s no choice but to be versatile! For the immense pleasure of customers keen to enjoy a new experience and the great outdoors, this culinary dependency of Bertrand Grébaut and Théophile Pourriat has everything it takes.
D’une île, lieu-dit L’Aunay, Rémalard – 61110. Reservations: by e-mail to info@duneile.com or online at www.duneile.com.
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