Mademoiselle B

Nantes


This backstreet favourite, with potted plants on its window sills and the day's menu chalked on a blackboard outside, enchants. Pick from two different entrées and main courses – fresh fish with asparagus risotto, perhaps, or curried pork with sesame-peppered noodles – and save space for dessert. Mademoiselle B's homemade riz au lait (rice pudding) with salted butter caramel is a local legend.


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