L'Auberge de Montmin

Perched at a mountain pass above Talloires, this two-Michelin-star Alpine restaurant commands views of high pastures that you'll want to linger over with a drink before sitting down. The chef builds menus from farm lamb, home-grown vegetables, and an almost obsessive range of foraged wildflowers and herbs, serving everything on walnut tableware he carved himself. The drive up alone is an event.