![]() ![]() Lunch and dinner typically begin with an amuse-bouche of seasonal barbajuans, fritters common to the Riviera that are typically filled with ricotta and leafy vegetables like Swiss chard. ![]() Those who experienced his cooking at Bones will find the same precise and simple style, but with even greater sophistication. Then it’s on to a lengthy meal while watching Henry and his team in an open kitchen. Guests are encouraged to stroll the grounds, and perhaps follow with an aperitif by the fireplace in the lounge before dinner. Once they finally opened in summer 2022, the grounds proved to be just as big of a draw as the restaurant, with a hundred varieties of heirloom fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit trees to fawn over. Even before construction was completed, the chefs were supplying fruits and vegetables to some of Paris’s top restaurants, such as Mokonuts and Septime. ![]() With the support of Antoine de Mortemart, the duo’s business partner (whose family has owned the estate for two centuries), they gut renovated the property, planted an orchard, and revived the potager in a walled garden, where it had remained dormant for 60 years. Since 2017, the friends have lived in the small French village of Saint-Vrain, south of Paris, where they took five years to build a restaurant, guesthouse, and regenerative farm on the grounds of the Château de Saint-Vrain, a 19th-century private estate. Train time: 35 minutes from Gare d’Austerlitz, followed by a five-minute taxi rideĪfter making their mark on the Parisian dining scene in the early days of the bistronomy boom at Au Passage, Yard, and Bones (now called Jones), the Australian chefs James Henry and Shaun Kelly left the capital at their peak. Paris may be its center but the broader region surrounding the capital in north-central France includes iconic forests and landmarks - Versailles, the chateau and forest in Fontainebleau, the Basilica of Saint-Denis - as well as exciting meals just beyond the portes. So if you’re planning to launch from Paris to check out the cultural highlights, monuments, and natural landscapes that lay beyond city limits, make sure to include stops - for a day, an overnight stay, or a full weekend - at some of France’s most stunning restaurants and guesthouses. You’d miss out on some truly compelling food experiences only a short drive or train ride away. Paris could satisfy any diner’s hunger and curiosity pretty much forever, but it’s a mistake to limit yourself to eating in the capital exclusively. ![]()
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