[Sept. 2025] On our second day in Lyon, France, we decided to dine at a bouchon.
A bouchon is a restaurant with a down-to-earth atmosphere that serves local cuisine.
It’s apparently unique to Lyon.
I had researched several options before our trip.
It was still morning, so my husband tried to make a lunch reservation by phone, but to my dismay, all of them were unsuccessful.
They were either already fully booked or closed for lunch.
As I mentioned before, lunch is our main meal of the day.
So, we headed back to the old town, where we’d walked that morning, and found a restaurant that had some space.
The restaurant was called Le Petit Glouton, and it actually had a sign that said “bouchon.”
We were guided toward the annex.
There were two other couples dining there, and both of them were speaking in French, so I was relieved to hear that it wasn’t just catering to tourists.
For the starter, we ordered what was described as a soft white cheese, but it turned out a similar thing to Greek tzatziki.
We shared this between us.
For the main course, I chose tripe sausage with mustard sauce.
My husband chose pork sausage with wine sauce.
Mine was basically tripe stuffed and shaped into a sausage.
It went well with the sauce.
It was my first time trying it.
I would not say that it was exceptionally delicious, but it was interesting.
My husband’s sausage was already sliced, and he also enjoyed the sauce.
The side dishes were green beans and layered potatoes, both with a strong garlic flavour.
For dessert, we chose crepes.
That’s because the restaurant had a stand on the street outside and served crepes to the pedestrians.
Since we were there, we ordered the one with praline rose, a crushed sugared almond pastry that’s a Lyon specialty, and shared it between the two of us.
This one wasn’t amazingly delicious either, but it tasted about as good as we’d expected.
We added half a litre of house wine and it came to a bargain at €48.60.
