Dinner at Barthod

Back in July this summer, I was invited to dinner by my friend Josette and her husband François  to a nice restaurant in Besançon. Well we took the last available garden table because it was summer and because we wanted to dine al fresco. Barthod started as a wine merchant in Besançon and now also as a posh restaurant serving food with paired wine.

 Our table by the garden's edge...

 A sneek peek at the menu...this page is the specialities of the restaurant.

 and this one is their "coup de coeur" - something you would chose on impulse or on first sight...

something to nible on before the meal...

 I was given two different types of wines for the foie gras dish that I ordered: I ordered the chef's suggestion - foie gras dans tous ses états: ravioles, escalopes poêlées, crème brûlée et foie gras de canard entier, served with a glass of Tariquet (sweet wine) 1er Grives 2011 and Barthod Bordeaux 2009. 

Josette and her husband...

 Here's my dinner: Translation of the chosen dish from the menu: foie gras in all its states - ravioli, pan seared,  in creme brulee and processed

 Finished with an infusion

 The walls at the entrance was panelled with wine cartons...