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Hotel de Ville -- Philippe Rochat Frommer's Exceptional

Cuisine Swiss, French
Hours Tues-Sat noon-2pm and 7-9pm
Address 1, rue d'Yverdon
Location In the Hotel de Ville, Crissier, Nearby Dining
Reservations Reservations essential
Phone 021/634-05-05
Web site www.relaischateaux.com/hoteldeville
Prices Main courses 60F-120F ($49-$98/£26-£51); fixed-price menu 285F-295F ($234-$242/£122-£126)
Season Closed last week of July and first 2 weeks of Aug, and Dec 21-Jan 5

Frommer's Review

For years, Philippe Rochat followed dutifully in the footsteps of the founder of this legendary restaurant (Frédy Girardet), quietly helping the grand patriarch of French cuisine prepare the thousands of upscale platters that contributed to this establishment's fame. Since 1996 and the retirement of his mentor, Switzerland's culinary patriarch, Rochat has taken over, doing a masterful job of keeping Girardet's legend alive while simultaneously updating the menu with some creations of his own. The venue for this minidrama, which has been avidly watched by gastronomes throughout the region, is within the solid stone walls of what was originally conceived in 1929 as Crissier's Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville). He prepares succulent meals for tables of culinary aficionados who sometimes make reservations many months in advance. Specialties change frequently, according to the availability of ingredients and the inspiration of Rochat himself. Recent successes have included a ragout of fresh quail with young vegetables, crawfish in caviar butter, duckling from the wetlands around Nantes cooked pink and prepared with Brouilly wine, preserved duckling in lemon and spices, and glazed sweetbreads with wild mushrooms. The cheese trolley that's wheeled around after the main course is absolutely spectacular.

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