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