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RESTAURANT

Flavoursome and bountiful cuisine with seaside flavours

Tony Lestienne’s restaurant is a gourmet must for epicureans visiting the Côte d’Opale. The chef and his team have been overseeing this charming family-run establishment with pride in hospitality, culinary expertise and high standards for forty years.

Prices

Lunch

33 € Starter and main course or Main course and dessert


Weekdays for lunch

38 €/Pers


For dinner and the eve of public holidays

45 €/Pers


 

Mr Goodfish . Good for the sea, good for you

Menu


Your choice of starter

Warm white asparagus, haddock, dill dressing, egg mimosa

Veal carpaccio, roasted tomato, creamy buffala, tuna sauce

Mussels soup, diced celeriac, saffron

Local crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce (+ 5€)

6 Prat-Ar-Coum n°3 oysters, seaweed butter, rye bread (+3 €)


Your choice of main course

Duckling fillet, duck confit, olive and turnips, polenta, veal gravy and red wine

Skate wing, parsley butter, capers

Scorpionfish fillet, mashed broccoli and basil, home made pasta

Salmon and asparagus, tarragon mousseline



Dessert

Strawberry cocktail, mango ice cream, vanilla whipped cream

Salted shortbread, honey and apricot, pistachio ice cream

Warm chocolate parfait, hazelnut biscuit

Prices

Menu des Saveurs 74€ TTC

6 courses: choose between meat and fish


Menu Dégustation 88€ TTC

7 courses with meat for main course

Menus are subject to change without notice.

Menu

Appetizers of the day


Langoustine tail cocktail, cauliflower, shell jelly

broccoli mousseline, curry crumble


Pickled maquerel

puff pastry, tapenade, stewed tomato


Monkfish medallions and butter

asparagus, shallot, stewed mussels and shrimps

OR

Pigeon breast breast

peas and bacon, veal gravy


Mr Vernier’s goat cheese from Val d’Authie

 Old Gouda, 24 months old


Strawberry, raspberry

small old rum bab

rhubarb, meringue, ginger and white chocolate ganache


Miniature sweets and chocolates

 

Menu served for the whole table

A la Carte

– STARTERS  –

Special oysters n°2 ‘Parc de l’Impératrice Charente 6 pieces 21 €  12 pieces 35 €

Prat-Ar-Coum n°3 oysters Brittany 6 pieces 18 € 12 pieces 31 €

Thin slices of Black ham from Bigorre  *6 pieces 16 €  12 pieces  26 €

Cold langoustines, basil sauce 6pieces 18 € 12 pieces 29 €

Tasting course : 2 special oysters n°2, 2 Prat-Ar-Coum oysters, 6 langoustines  28 €

Fresh duck foie gras, marmalade, farmhouse bread 28€

Red mullet salad, artichoke, soya dressing, sesame  28 €

Crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce  26 €

The marvellous buisson of langoustines, saffron 34€

12 snails in atraditional way, butter, garlic and parsley 24 €

Veggie Warm lentils, current vegetables, feta cheese  18 €


– MAIN COURSES –

Steamed monkfish, stewed shrimps and mussels with parsley, roasted fennel, saffron 38 €

Traditional sole meuniere, locally fished  44€

Steak of wild turbot, celeriac, butter and chervil 44€

Breast of duckling, peas, bacon 28€

Veal kidney, spinach, miniature waffles, veal gravy  30€

Grilled beef fillet, fried oyster mushroom, mashed potatoes 36€


– CHEESE –

Cheese plate       4 pieces     16€


– DESSERTS –

Please order your dessert before the meal.

Current sorbets, fresh fruit salad 16 €

Warm chocolate parfait, hazlenut biscuit  16 €

Raspberry shortbread, stewed rhubarb 16 €

Lemon souffle  16 €

Traditional Irish Coffee  16 €

In the kitchen

Influenced by the presence of the sea, the La Matelote* highlights fish and seafood from sustainable fishing sources, in partnership with Nausicaá and the Mister Goodfish programme. We also propose a choice of premium cuts of meat cooked to perfection for meat lovers. Our desserts are loyal to French tradition with the classic souffle and our signature dessert, the quintessential warm chocolate parfait.

The chef

Tony Lestienne grew up here and has been running his restaurant, la Matelote, for 40 years. He strongly believes in bountiful, classic French cuisine prepared with precision and full flavours. His profession is his passion. And hospitality is his way of life. Thanks to him, La Matelote has become an institution with a tightly knit team. His son, Stellio has joined him to inject new energy into this constantly developing Boulogne-sur-mer institution.

The restaurant

Designed like a family home, the decoration of the restaurant is contemporary, featuring the red and gold signature colours of La Matelote. Light floods through large windows in to the intimate dining room with low arm chairs and elegantly dressed tables. The portrait of “The Bearded Woman”, Clémence Lestienne, the chef’s great-great-great-grandmother and a local figure, has pride of place overlooking the room.

Private rooms

We have four private rooms for family functions, seminars, management meetings, business meetings or a night out with friends.
Impress your guests and colleagues with the elegance, sophistication and confidentiality of our venue.
The Jardins de la Matelote function venue is also available for large receptions.
For information and bookings, contact Stellio or Sandy: +33 (0)3 21 30 1797 or restaurant@la-matelote.com


Download the PDF for information about the function venue


PRICE ENQUIRY

The terrace

The terrace is the perfect place to enjoy pleasant weather. The outdoor tables are also dressed with white linen, in keeping with the elegance of Tony Lestienne’s cuisine.

Cooking lessons

You are a cooking enthusiast, curious or quite simply an epicurean. Or perhaps you’re looking for an original gift for an amateur chef? Follow Tony Lestienne behind the scenes where he shares his recipes and tricks of the trade.
Learn to cook like a chef in a relaxed atmosphere in the kitchen of La Matelote.
Groups of 5 to 10 participants.


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