La Bécasse

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Coordinates: 52°22′13″N 2°43′08″W / 52.3702°N 2.7190°W / 52.3702; -2.7190 La Bécasse is a gourmet restaurant located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. The restaurant has one Michelin star in the Michelin Guide and 3 AA rosettes.[1] It was first given a Michelin star in January 2009. Chef Patron Alan Murchison opened the restaurant in 2007.[2][3] The French word bécasse means woodcock[4] but in connection with Guy de Maupassant's "Tales of the Woodcock" (1883) has usually been translated "Tales of the Goose."[5]

Within four months of launching, La Bécasse was voted "Best Fine Dining Restaurant" in the West Midlands by the Metro.[6] Will Holland, head chef, featured on BBC1 television's Saturday Kitchen in summer 2009, as well as MasterChef: The Professionals in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "AA restaurant guide". Theaa.com. 
  2. ↑ "La Bécasse web site". Labecasse.co.uk. 
  3. ↑ Lonely Planet Great Britain David Else, David Atkinson, James Bainbridge - 2009 Page 513 "Artfully presented modern French cuisine bursting with inventive flavour fusions – the spectacular tasting menu is enough to make you weak at the knees. The serious business of eating is conducted within the oak-panelled and exposed brick walls of a 17th-century coach house."
  4. ↑ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Volume 1 - Page 177 Académie française - 1835 "BÉCASSE, s. f. Oiseau de passage qui a le bec fort long, et qui est bon à manger. Tuer une bécasse. Faire un salmis de bécasses. Bécasses rôties. Pâté de bécasses. Prov. et fig. , Brider la bécasse, Engager adroitement quelqu'un de telle ..."
  5. ↑ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica - Volume 7 - Page 952 1998 "Maupassant, Guy de... Contes de la bécasse (1883; “Tales of the Goose”)"
  6. ↑ "Metrolife food and drink awards". Metro.co.uk. 10 December 2007. 

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