Gourmet restaurant
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La Barbacane
La Barbacane, a gourmet restaurant in Carcassonne, is an invitation to travel. The refinement of the dishes is matched by the seasonal produce sourced from the region's farmers, market gardeners and livestock breeders. A chic, cosy atmosphere in an elegant period décor.
"Les sens en émoi, a gastronomic adventure based on excellence and creativity".
Jérôme Ryon
Head
of the restaurant La Barbacane
Know-how
& passion
Between rigour and creativity, technical skill and imagination, Jérôme Ryon offers a seasonal cuisine based on regional produce created by passionate and exceptional producers. The menu is regularly renewed according to what's available and the best the land has to offer for the palates of the finest gourmets visiting La Barbacane.
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Our menus
Breakfast menu
from 18 October to 6 November
Menu Mosaïque Audoise
Signature menu
Tasting menu
Vegetarian menu
FROM 18 OCTOBER TO 6 NOVEMBER
55€ Starter, main course, dessert, water, 2 glasses of wine and coffee
included.
65€ "Déjeuner Gastronome" A starter, fish and meat, a dessert. Water, 2 glasses of wine and coffee included.
Inputs
An egg from Villeneuve Farm, cooked in a casserole dish, pumpkin cream, duck breast, tonka bean, chestnut emulsion
or
Mediterranean mullet fillet in escabèche, old-fashioned mustard and red onions, celery rémoulade and chayotes, pickles and vegetable vinaigrette
Dishes
French guinea fowl breast stuffed with wild garlic, Swiss chard stem ravioli with vin jaune, walnuts and Comté cheese, served with cream and gravy
or
A slice of marinated and grilled swordfish, Chinese cabbage pressed with soya and lemongrass, reduced juice with candied ginger and goji berries
Desserts and cheese
Williams pear compote, almond shortbread, with a green cardamom and honey filling from our own hives
or
Moist coconut biscuit, Pure Caribbean chocolate, passion fruit and lime coulis
Our bread is homemade
79€ excluding drinks - Served at lunchtime for the whole table
99€ excluding drinks -Served in the evening for the whole table
Special No. 3 oysters from Gruissan, Granny Smith apple purée from Marseillette, cucumber in seaweed jelly, rye bread and lemon butter
*
Mediterranean red mullet in its own juices, a slice of candied fennel, fish bone stock with Cantalause saffron
*
Célia’s Montagne Noire lamb, the loin stuffed with shoulder meat and offal, quick-cooked leg of lamb, Lauragais chickpeas, reduced gravy
*
Trolleys of fresh and mature cheeses from Occitanie
10 extra for lunch, included in the evening menu
*
Minervois quince caramelised with muscovado sugar, hazelnut mousseline cream and liquorice ice cream
All menu items can be served à la carte
45€ starter, 55€ fish, 55€ meat, 20€ dessert or cheese
Our bread is homemade
Served Monday to Sunday from 19:30 to 21:30
119€ excluding drinks
Fageolle trout, served as a delicate rillette with verbena and a fillet centre cut, accompanied by beetroot and lemon jelly
*
Roasted scallops from the Bay of the Seine, homemade farfalle with walnuts, porcini mushrooms, and a cream sauce made from leeks, served with Savagnin from the Jura
*
Grilled Mediterranean John, fresh Paimpol beans cooked in a fish and cuttlefish stock, with a rich, buttery cooking juices
*
Roe deer saddle, poached in Cabernet marc and roasted, glazed with Espelette chilli jelly, cannelloni made with confit shoulder, melt-in-the-mouth chayote, and a spicy gravy
*
Trolleys of fresh and mature cheeses from Occitanie
*
Delicate Guanaja chocolate tart with a runny caramel filling, a crunchy salted peanut topping and milk chocolate ice cream
All menu items can be served à la carte
45€ starter, 55€ fish, 55€ meat, 20€ dessert or cheese
Our bread is homemade
Served Monday to Sunday from 19:30 to 21:30
130€ without cheese - 140€ with cheese (Price per person)
Menu served for the whole table
Estimated meal time between 2h30 and 3h
Jérôme Ryon's 8-course Tasting Menu
Available until 9pm
We invite you to discover, during your meal,
4 regional wines selected by our Head Sommelier
Fabrice Longo: €50
All menu items can be served à la carte
45€ starter, 55€ fish, 55€ meat, 20€ dessert or cheese
Our bread is homemade
Served Monday to Sunday until 9pm
55€ - Served at lunchtime
Starter, main course, dessert, water, 2 glasses of wine and coffee included
94€ excluding drinks -Served in the evening for the whole table
A fricassee of seasonal vegetables from the Aude region, cooked barigoule-style, with uncinatum truffles and herb-flavoured toast
*
Gnocchi with Castans chestnuts, local chanterelles and Bethmale, served with a light vanilla cream
*
Included in the evening menu
Muriel’s potimarron flower, pumpkin seeds and hazelnuts, with a vinegar emulsion and fir cone syrup
*
Marseillette apples, Tatin-style, with a honey cream made from our own hives and caramel ice cream
*
10 extra for lunch, included in the evening menu
Fresh and mature cheeses, from the Aude and elsewhere, truffled by us
Our bread is homemade
Served Monday to Sunday from 19:30 to 21:30
Other menus
Saturday 28 November at 7.30 pm
€95, including drinks
Régis Chanel, Pastry chef
Régis Chanel, Head Pastry Chef at La Barbacane, puts the emphasis on traditional cuisine renewed with refinement and subtletý. "La Barbacane", a renowned gastronomic restaurant in Carcassonne, was awarded its first Michelin star in March 2002 and has maintained the same level of excellence ever since.
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Hôtel de la Cité
A former bishop's residence in the heart of the Cité, the Hôtel de la Cité is a journey back in time, an interlude in a remarkable place with a breathtaking panorama of Carcassonne, its lower town and its gardens.
Contact us
RESTAURANT La Barbacane - Hôtel de la Cité
Place Auguste Pierre Pont
11000 Cité de Carcassonne - France
04 68 71 98 71
Open every day
Monday to Sunday ;
Lunch: from 12.30 pm to 2 pm
For dinner: from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm
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