This is all you need for eating French cuisine in Lyon…

A weekend of eating and exploring in Lyon—we checked off nearly all the local specialties. These two posts are all you need for recommendations and warnings. 🌌🌌 🌳This one focuses on Lyon’s signature French cuisine, featuring two types of spots: local Bouchons Lyonnais (traditional Lyon bistros) and a French restaurant specializing in offal. 1. Bouchon Bât-d‘Argent🍒🍒 There are many local Bouchons Lyonnais, and their menus are mostly similar—you can pick any at random. [Check-in] Lyon’s specialty appetizers include: - Salade Lyonnaise: A combination of bacon, croutons, and poached eggs. It tastes just as you’d imagine, so we didn’t order it.🌸 ​ - Pâté Croûte: Minced meat filling wrapped in a crispy pastry crust. We’d already bought some at the market, so we skipped this too.😍😍 ​ - Poached Eggs in Red Wine Sauce: We ordered this. It’s tangy, with poached eggs (two of them) served in a red wine sauce simmered with bacon and mushrooms. 🍐🎼 The sauce and eggs didn’t blend well, so you could still taste the slight rawness of the eggs. It was just okay—not ideal for Chinese palates. Lyon’s signature main dish: Quenelle. It’s a fish cake made from fish, butter, and milk, served with a creamy sauce. It’s rich in milky flavor. 🙊 The accompanying rice was simmered in chicken stock—with a firm texture I love, so fragrant! ❤️❤️ The other main course we chose was pork with sour cream and mashed potatoes—that was good too.🍃 [Check-in] Dessert: Yogurt Cupcake is a must-order! Yogurt ice cream paired with a dense, honey-flavored cupcake. It’s not greasy or overly sweet—absolutely delicious.🍊🍊 📒 Their €31 set menu (appetizer + main course + dessert) is great value. Remember to make a reservation in advance. 👀2. Daniel et Denise Créqui - Bouchon Lyonnais A famous Lyon restaurant specializing in offal. It’s packed as soon as it opens, and many locals come here too.💘 They serve dishes like calf’s brain, calf’s liver, and kidney… but also have regular meat dishes if offal isn’t your thing.❣️❣️ We were in a hurry to catch a train, so we didn’t order appetizers. However, their Pâté Croûte is well-known—you can also order one to share between two people.💞 For the main course, I chose pan-fried calf’s liver cooked medium-rare. It was amazing: tender, no fishy taste, and not as fatty as foie gras—highly recommended.🗾 The other main course was steak in creamy sauce. It was slightly saltier than the calf’s liver, but the sauce was incredibly tasty. 👍 The complimentary potato slices and creamy pasta served at every table were fantastic. The creamy pasta had such a rich milky flavor—one bite was so satisfying.👣👣 Dessert: Baba au Rhum (Rum Baba) was a letdown. Maybe it’s just my personal taste, but this dessert wasn’t for me. It’s a moist bun soaked in rum. I actually like rum-flavored ice cream, but this was a no-go—the rum overpowered all other flavors, leaving only a harsh, nose-tingling👍👍 👍 Crème Brûlée (Burnt Cream) was not overly sweet: silky custard topped with a crispy caramel layer—delicious.🍣🍣 These two French restaurants let you try nearly all of Lyon’s signature dishes. Highly recommended—you might not love everything, but when you’re here, you have to taste the local specialties!❤️💞 #LyonFrenchCuisine #LyonFood #LyonFoodExploration #LyonTravel