BISTRO OCCASION INNOVATIVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

It wouldn’t be a trip to France without a simple, yet perfect, steak-frites. Perpignan’s Café Vienne offers

this and many more quintessential bistro options. The dining room is large, but cleverly divided, with a steady stream of customers, but that doesn’t affect

the quality of the food nor the excellent service.

If dinner with a view is what you’re after, then Restaurant Le Neptune is the perfect choice. Set on the side of a cliff in Port-Vendres, the restaurant overlooks the Mediterranean sea, looking back to Collioure. The food and service here match the magnificent view, making it an ideal choice for a special occasion, leneptune-collioure.com.

Set on the beach, Derrière le Clocher was set up by a group of young people in the town. Here they regularly change the menu, as the chef experiments with new dishes. Don’t miss their take on Fideuà – a local seafood dish made with short spaghetti pasta

and cooked in a similar style to a paella.

Le Figuier in Perpignan is a neighbourhood restaurant that ticks all the boxes. The menu changes daily and they use local produce as much as possible – their green pea gazpacho was a first for me, and I loved it. The staff are extremely good at what they do –

and friendly on top of that.