Le Pincemin, the gourmet cuisine of the little prince of the meadows

This is an observation that any gourmet-gourmet will appreciate.

Outside of home, having lunch or dinner at a restaurant has become one of the rare occasions to stop living in a gag order.

Take off the masks!

We find, as before, the pleasure, without filter, of being able to share a good meal… There is no shortage of addresses.

In Versailles, happiness is in "the meadows".

It is in this residential area that Xavier Pincemin, a local kid, has been digging his way since June 2019. The contemporary decoration of the place sets the tone.

In a city where beautiful institutions already caress customers in the direction of tweed, this former

offers gourmet, iconoclastic and creative cuisine, without falling into the diktats of fashionable food, nor displaying a bill that costs the ransom of a king.

The winner of the 2016 edition of “Top Chef” is used to the parade, he officiates live.

Show reserved for the main hall.

No card.

Lucas de l'Estang

A single menu is composed, noon and evening, depending on the market and the seasons.

First bites: haddock acras, smoked sabayon and parsleyed frog legs, accompanied by a delicious white wine from Les Terres Promises: l'Analepse.

Follow

Freshness of cauliflower, eel and cod confit, then amberjack carpaccio with langoustine bisque.

Fish is the specialty of the house with controlled cooking, combinations of flavors that do not lose the product, put in majesty.

A signature dish?

This thirty-something who gives himself time to

does not.

So what?

His talent initials all his dishes: brill poached in red wine, plum chutney, ponzu, wakame seaweed or Salers beef, chanterelles, artichoke cream, pastrami, mirabelle plum.

The style is there, free, it will evolve further to the absolutely simple, but we can perceive its springs: high standards, generosity, enthusiasm, greed… Like Marcel Lapierre's Morgons which appear on the wine list.

And feed on a memory ... with a confidence.

Xavier's meadow will expand with the acquisition of a new arpent, right next door, where he will cultivate, à la carte, a more bistro spirit.

Le Pincemin, 10, boulevard du Roi, 78000 Versailles

Menus: 40 € (lunch) and 70 € (evening), excluding drinks.

Terrace.

Closed Sunday and Monday.