Le Plantagenêt restaurant: gourmet dinner in a relaxed atmosphere

Menus at 32€, 34€, 39€ & à la carte

A la carte dinner & menus

dishes with * are made according to local recipes or use typical local ingredients

Menu Plantagenêt …

Starter – main course – dessert 32€   *   Starter – main course – cheese 34€   * Starter – main course – cheese - dessert 39€

Starters
Local melon soup with peppermint and a refreshing Coteaux du Layon wine granité * or
La Gouline: local pie with mushrooms, rillauds (=pork), shallots, local white wine, cheese and cream sauce * or
Premium home smoked salmon, lemon and dill cream, crunchy sweet & sour vegetables
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Main courses
Pork, chorizo and olive stew with market fresh vegetables or
Grilled squid with garlic and parsley butter, risotto with bell pepper and tomato or
A classic French surf & turf: farmhouse chicken breast with scampi, saffron & cream sauce, today’s vegetables
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Cheese
Three French cheeses: local or from further away served with tossed leaves *
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Desserts
Crémet d’Anjou - THE local dessert made with fromage frais, cream, fresh fruit * or
Lime cheesecake with a red fruit coulis or
Black forest gateau served in a jar

Food & wine pairing - 3 glasses of Loire Valley wine 12 cl each: 18€
Food & beer pairing 3 local craft beers 33cl each: blonde, blonde dorée, blanche, épautre 7.5-8.5% alcool: 21€

Starters...

Fine cubes of smoked duck breast on a delicate carrot purée with fresh ginger and coriander seeds, pickled carrots 15€
Carpaccio of different types of 'old fashion' varietes of tomato with basil and a mozzarella di bufala fritter 16€
Raw sea bream with mango accompanied by a savoury cream with aniseed 16€
Local duck foie gras with a centre of confit de canard, pistachios and apricots accompanied by an apricot-pineapple chutney,
home baked brioche bread with figs served in a miniature flower pot* 17€
Crispy veal sweetbreads with asparagus and a tasty gravy with tonka bean spice * 17€

Main courses...

Sea bass with chorizo, a delicate potato purée and crunchy fennel with Timut pepper accompanied by a herb & butter sauce 23€
Duck breast, beetroot and raspberry, eggplant purée with garlic 23€
Seafood casserole: sea bass, sea bream, salmon, carrot, celeriac, mushrooms and a saffron fish sauce 24€
Typical dish from Tours: veal kidneys, veal sweetbreads and local mushrooms in a tasty gravy, celeriac purée * 24€
Black Angus beef, bell pepper-tomato piperade, château potatoes with black garlic 24€
Lamb shank with mild spices, creamy polenta and today’s vegetables 24€

Cheese & desserts...

Three cheeses: local or from further away served with some tossed leaves * 9€
Combination of strawberries and rhubarb in a light syrup served on a vanilla pana cotta 9€
Heavenly: a dark chocolate dome with red fruit, vanilla cream, red fruit sauce 12€
Chocolate cake with liquid mint centre and fresh fruit 10€
All butter puff pastry with vanilla cream and a touch of yuzu and lime 9€
Baked abricots on a pure butter biscuit with a rosemary cream 10€