Quai des Artistes

Frommer's Review

Opened in 2006 by a pair of talented expatriates from the French mainland, this spot is the best and most posh restaurant on Terre-de-Haut, with a suave sense of style that's head and shoulders above most of the competition. Its walls are covered with paintings by one of the talented owners, Didier Spindler, and at least some of its surfaces are accented with art objects he collected with the restaurant's co-owner, Jean-Paul Colas, during travels in, among other places, Thailand and Morocco. Menu items combine local ingredients with creative flair and precepts of classical French cuisine, such as tuna "Kurasawa" (sushi quality tuna lightly seared, raw in the center, served with spices and algae, and named in honor of the Japanese film director); a brochette of chicken with soya and curry; magret of duckling with passionfruit sauce; and smoked swordfish.

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