Le Plantagenêt restaurant: gourmet dinner in a relaxed atmosphere
Winter-spring dinner 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 ingredientsWe are open 7 days a week !
However, temporarily our bistro menu will be served for lunch and dinner - thank you for your understanding.
Menu Plantagenêt …
Starter – main course – dessert 32€Starter – main course – cheese 34€
Starter – main course – cheese - dessert 39€
Today’s market fresh starter or
La Gouline: local pie with mushrooms, rillauds (=pork), shallots, local white wine, cheese and cream sauce* or
French onion soup with Comté cheese
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Chef’s main course of the day or
Typical French fish dish: pike perch quenelle, saffron sauce, seasonal vegetables or
Wild boar stew, grandma's vegetables*
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Three French cheeses: local or from further away served with tossed leaves*
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Crémet d'Anjou - the regional dessert with cream, fromage frais, prunes in local red wine* or
Chocolate & mint mousse served in a jar or
Mango-coconut crême brulée
A la carte - starters... 16€
- Butternut cream soup served with a foie gras & fig chutney toast*
- Baked scallops, sesame crisp, mango & ginger dressing, lamb’s lettuce
- Baked veal sweetbreads, caramelised parsnip purée, some seasonal mushrooms
- La Gouline - a small local pie with mushrooms, rillauds (=pork), shallots, local white wine, cheese and cream sauce*
- Local duck foie gras accompanied by a mango jelly, home baked brioche bread served in a miniature flower pot*
A la carte - main courses... 24€
- Seafood casserole topped with puff pastry: monk fish, scallops, salmon, carrot, celeriac, mushrooms and a saffron fish sauce
- Grilled scallops with Espelette pepper, black rice risotto, meat gravy
- Typical dish from Tours: veal kidneys, veal sweetbreads and local mushrooms in a tasty gravy, celeriac purée*
- Black Angus beef, château style potatoes with black garlic and cep mushrooms
- Duck breast with carrots, salsify, pear & quince chutney, coffee and orange
A la carte - cheese & desserts... 10€
- Three cheeses: local or from further away served with a local citrus liqueur chutney and some tossed leaves*
- Combination of caramel, chocolate and hazelnuts
- Heavenly: a dark chocolate dome with seasonal fruit, almond-vanilla cream, chocolate sauce
- Loire Valley style crêpes Suzette: flambéed thin pancakes with Saumur’s favourite liqueur*
- Tarte vigneronne - local dessert with puff pastry, pear, red wine jelly and almond cream*
Food & wine pairing - 3 glasses of Loire Valley wine 12 cl each: 18€
Junior menu up to 10 years of age… 15€
- Small portion of pan fried salmon and some vegetables or
- Farmhouse chicken breast with French fries
- Crémet d’Anjou with mango* - THE local dessert made with fromage frais, cream and seasonal fruit or
- Two scoops of home made sorbet or ice cream
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