2 days in Chartres, France - 09/22/2023-9/23/2023

Lunch at Bistro Racines-9/22/2023

Before getting to Chartres I looked around for a good restaurant for our group and Bistro Racines got a lot of good reviews so I reserved a table for the 6 of us.

Bistro Racines is located next to Cathedral of Chartres. 

We are on our way to Bistro Racines.  You can see one of the bell tower of the Cathedral in the background.

We got there at exactly noon and a table was set up for our group.

Bistro Racines is actually very nice with a friendly atmosphere.

Cheers!

Table set up.

As soon as we set down a plate of salmon rillette was served as a welcome to Bistro Racines.

Foie gras Eurelien with chuney and grilled bread - 18 Euros

OMG, this is so delicious! 

Pate de Chartres with wild duck an Foie gras- 15 Euros

Pate de Chartres and Foie gras, great way to start our lunch.

Bread with garlic and parsley.

3 weeks aged rib eye with shallots confite (cooked in fat), potatoes, and squash in a jus gourmand.

This portion is for 2 people - 55 Euros

Nice presentation and everything on this skillet was delicious.

This is the special of the day which is a roasted pork belly with mushrooms and potatoes.

This is also a portion for two.  Another successful dish- 55 Euros.

Volaille fermiere au vin Jaune (farm poultry with yellow wine), local mushrooms, carrots, and egg.

Another tasty dish. 

All the dishes we ordered were outstanding.    Dessert menu on the right.

To a great lunch together in Chartres.

Our waiter serving the Iles flotante.

Ile flottante aux pralines roses - 9 Euros

The baba soaked in rum.  They give you the whole bottle of rum to pour over the baba- 10 euros.

Ending the meal with coffee and an espresso. 

View from our table over looking the Cathedral of Chartres.

Bistro Racine store front

Bistro Racine outdoor sitting with a view of the Cathedral right in front.

So happy I reserved a table here for our group.  The food was really outstanding and reasonable.  The service was also very attentive and waiters were really fun to talk to.  In the middle of our meal, one of the waitress knocked off our bottle of wine to the ground and broke it (there was barely any wine in it) and she gladly gave us a new bottle which we were very grateful.

NEXT... The Cathedral of Chartres