Le Saint Trop Montlucon 01As part of his career, Fabrice Desforges has worked for establishments such as the Domaine des Dryades gourmet restaurant near Châteauroux (a 4-star hotel) and the famous La Poularde restaurant in the Loire region, which was awarded two Michelin stars for 33 years.
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Le Saint Trop Montlucon 03He finally returned to the town where he started out, Montluçon, where he worked as Jacky Morlon’s assistant at the restaurant Le Grenier à Sel, before opening his own gourmet restaurant, also in the heart of the medieval town of Montluçon.
Which dish gives you the most pleasure to cook?
With “Le Saint-Trop'” as the name of my restaurant, it was almost obvious! Fish in general is my favourite thing to cook and to sublimate.
What dish could you possibly not eat?
Er… Strangely enough, none!
Do you have any special memories or anecdotes to share with us?
My meeting with former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl when the German football team was in Saint-Paul de Vence for the 1998 World Cup.
If you were a sweet dish, you’d be :
A good crispy Arlette (a finely crisp, caramelised tuile made from puff pastry and icing sugar). It’s delicious and can be decorated to make different desserts (mille feuilles with red fruit, for example).
If you were a savoury dish, you’d be :
Once again, the simplest dishes are often the best! So I’d say a tasty rib of beef.
If you were a hashtag, you’d be :
#lechocolatcestlavie (but dark, mind you!).
Le Saint Trop Montlucon 021 (other) good restaurant where you enjoy eating or will enjoy eating in this area:
My friend Jean-Luc Sanguillon’s restaurant, La Table de Reugny.
But I do intend to try out the newly Michelin-starred restaurant at La Chapelle du Château Saint-Jean…
alimentation-et-boissons-101 natural site that you particularly like in this area :
The Forêt de Tronçais, for walking and mushroom picking…
foret-de-troncais-021 cultural site that you particularly like in this area :
The magnificent MuPop!
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