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be the Sunday roast chicken, the fillet of veal,
or apricot tart. The menu varies according to
the seasons and the products that are available,
as Marie-Josèphe makes no concession to quality:
“If excellence is not possible, I prefer to
forgo cooking.” Her standards of reference are
La Mère Brazier or Escoffier and she has more
than 600 cookery books. As a lover of great
literature, she organises on the 22nd and 23rd
of September, tasting sessions of both fine food
and fine literature. She calls them “Papiers et
Papilles”, and they offer participants the
opportunity to listen to beautiful music, dip
into literature, culinary or otherwise, and why
not, smoke a good cigar. Her favourites? The
Davidoff n°1 or the Carlos Fuente opus one.
For her, cigars are similar to good wine, as both
are pleasures to be shared and which encourage
communication and conversation. These
are the ideals that Marie-Josèphe, encounters
in the Goutatoo association, of which she is
the only woman member, and which
assembles Genevan chefs, who meet and travel
together to gourmet destinations.
It is necessary to reserve to have dinner at the
Auberge de Gy, and it is also possible to
reserve the dish that you wish to eat, an unusual
luxury and one, which is in keeping with
Marie-Josèphe’s approach of seeking to please
her guests above all. The regular clients know
this very well, and they are ever more numerous
and loyal, looking, as they are, for authenticity
in both their plates, and in their contact
with other people. A cheerful and warm welcome
is assured by Eiko the German shepherd
dog, who is the mascot of the restaurant, and
who recognises the sound of the voices of restaurant
clients even when they are on television.
Another original touch: clients can bring
a bottle from their own wine cellar at home,
and drink it in return for paying corkage. The
room can hold up to 30 people and can be
reserved exclusively for a single event.
L’Auberge de Gy
134 route de Gy
1251 Gy
Tel: +41 (0922 759 21 22
Natacha Borri