Besançon
Le Lotus d'or

Le Lotus d'or

78 rue des Granges, 25000, Besancon, France, Besançon

Café • Soupe • Poulet • Restaurants


"Today was the first time eating in this restaurant. I told my husband to try this restaurant because I really want to find out if I like Cambodian cuisine. I have visited Siem Reap long time ago and my culinary experience was nothing to keep. Nothing I tried in Siem Reap impressed me. Which was unfortunate. Probably I was having meals in the wrong restaurants.Anyways, the ambience is very nice, as you enter the door you find on your left the painting of Angkor Wat in sephia. The decoration in general cuts you out from the reality as if you were in Asia instead of in France.The waitress was very nice, the service was fast too.My husband & I decided to take the chef's suggestion who cost us about €17 something per person.For entrée you have choices: Nem/Potage Pékinois/Salade Crevette.My husband took Nem (sorry no photo, I forgot) but I tasted it. It was nothing like in other restaurant where they buy frozen nem from chinese supermarket. This one tasted fresh & different form than the one you buy frozen. I tasted it with fresh mint leaf. I liked it.My entrée was Potage Pékinois (not sure what chinese soup this was about) but I LOVED it! The taste was very "firework-like". You find something salty, something sweet and something acid. This was called "potage" because it was thickened with eggs. You can also find some shredded chicken & shredded bamboo shoot too. Another flavour I found inside was coriander leaf. Attention to those who can't support chilis: there were some small chili pieces inside the potage (the waitress will warn you that this potage is "piquante". That was the reason why I choose the potage in the first place. For main course my husband choose Boeuf Lok Lak (Lok Lak Beef), which was beef (I think) sauté in sweet soya sauce. Accompanied with nouille sauté aux pousses de soja (sauté noodles with soy bean sprouts). I tasted this a little bit. As usual, sweet cuisine was not my favourite but the beef was tender. The noodles tasted good. If you don't want to eat noodles you can choose riz nature (white plain rice) or riz cantonais (fried rice with pieces of egg, pea & ham).My main course was Canard aux Basilic sur une planche chauffant (Hot Plate Duck with Basil). This was excellent! I asked the chef to spiced up a little bit and he did as much as I wanted. The duck was tender, the mix of vegetable was not overcook, they were still crunchy. I like this as this is a sign of fresh cooked vegetables. My main course was accompanied with riz cantonais. About dessert.. Do you remember everytime you go to restaurant you push yourself to eat or finish your dessert only because you ordered a set meal? Here you can skip to coffee as replacement of coffee, this was proposed by our waitress.I respected restaurants who do this. Most of the time you obliged yourself to eat dessert, you already hate the idea of having eat something more when you're no longer hungry (which IMHO the cause of overweight) then when you want a sip of coffee some restos were more than happy to charge again. I say "chapeau" for the waitress & of course the resto.Will come back for more, probably bring my family or in-laws to eat here. If you ever come to Besançon and crave for asian food, Lotus d'Or will not dissapoint you. Next time I go there again, I'll try something different (probably some shrimp or chicken) and of course I'll write another review!"

Bêtises Et Volup Thé

Bêtises Et Volup Thé

79 rue des Granges, 25000, Besancon, France, Besançon

Thé • Glace • Français • Asiatique


"Visite chez Bêtise et Volup'thé la semaine dernière pour 4 adultes et un enfant de 2 ans 1/2, arrivée à 12h30, bel accueil, prise de commande rapide et ça se gâte ensuite car nous attendons près d'1h avant de voir arriver une entrée alors que nous en avions commandé 2...Plus de 30 minutes après le départ de l'assiette d'entrée nous voyons enfin arriver nos plats et la deuxième entrée... Le plat repartira en cuisine pour ne pas revenir !Passons à la cuisine, avis très mitigé et globalement moyen, certaines choses sont très bonnes (la truite grillée, la terrine), d'autres sont insipides (Pana cotta) voire inutiles (crème fouettée avec le plat chaud ... qui retombe au bout de quelques secondes forcément !) Et enfin d'autres dont la fraicheur annoncée est mise en doute (petites crevettes et moules dans les spaghettis) mais je n'étais pas en cuisine pour être sûre.Pour arroser tout cela: des cocktails de fruits frais très gouteux, une bouteille de vin et nous demandons une carafe d'eau. Quelle ne fut pas notre surprise de découvrir une branche de persil macérant dans la bouteille rendant l'eau, servie à température ambiante (en août ce n'est déjà pas le top) simplement imbuvable...Ce restaurant qui m'avait été recommandé est clairement à fuire. Et l'attitude de la patronne est bien le reflet des différents commentaires qu'elle peut laisser ici en réponse aux critiques, personne n'est parfait, peut être que nous ne comprenons pas sa cuisine et l'utilité d'une crème fouettée non assaisonnée avec un plat ou le persil dans l'eau mais l'attente et l'attitude hautaine de la patronne sont inacceptables."