La Promenade - Maison Dallais

A Michelin-starred family restaurant tucked into the countryside of the Loire valley, where the menu has been shaped by the same family across four generations. The kitchen runs on deeply local produce, Racan chicken, Géline de Touraine poultry, game, offal, pike, organic vegetables, the kind of roster that makes a sourcing list feel like a love letter to the region. Surprise set menus only, so you surrender the wheel and let them drive.

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