Colette and I have been to Rech several times since Alain Ducasse "saved" it and several times more since he brought up Jacques Maximin from the South to sheppard it. Now, the cybersources say he returned 2 weeks ago to the Bistro de la Marine in Cros de Cagnes, just west of Nice.
We went with another demi-ex-pat who has tastes and proclivities (eating at new places) like we do. He and I both had the "menu" which we noted had been marked down from 34 to 30 E; Wow!
They started us off with salmon wrappies instead of the usual salmon paste and were pleased by the change.
Colette passed on a first course recalling that two courses here fill her up but my friend ordered the salmon with beets and lemon and ginger - a most unusual and interesting preparation, and I had oysters in a creamy sauce with an emulsion of watercress and the interplay among all three intense ingredients was equally arresting.
Colette then had the scallops, our friend had black mullet with salsify strips that the waiter had said was more interesting than my "brilliant" merlan with a vinegar sauce and what seemed to me to be at least three types of turnips of different shapes, tastes and degrees of firmness.
To wind up, Colette had a fine pain perdu and my friend and I really enjoyed of meringue/ice/chocolate sauced "Mister Rech."
Our bill with two bottles of Muscadet, three coffees and no bottled water was 150.50 E, thus just over 100 E per couple.
Go? Let my friend answer: "Thanks for inviting me John. It was nice and good qualite/prix."
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