gastronome flocked to a small - town cafe in cardinal France after Michelindebuted its annual restaurant guidein early February . With its credit card tablecloths and working class patronage , Le Bouche à Oreillein Bourges is n’t the typical eating house you ’d expect to earn a Michelin star . That ’s because the star was never intend to go to the eatery to begin with ; asThe Telegraphreports , the Michelin Guide confused it with a differentLe Bouche à Oreille , located about 100 air mile away in Boutervilliers , a town about 40 miles sou’west of Paris .
On a distinctive day , Bourges ’s Le Bouche à Oreille serves local workers solid meal like lasagna , steak and chipping , and bitch bourguignon for about $ 10.50 a dish . The gang looked quite different for the pair of days the error was list on the Michelin Guide website ; intellectual nourishment critic and gourmands showed up to the restaurant looking for a all right dining experience , only to get hold something by all odds more humble .
“ dead , we were hasten off our feet , " the restaurant ’s proprietor , Véronique Jacquet , toldThe Telegraph . " reporter were coming in and then my Logos phoned me from Paris , where he live . He almost died laughing . I had regulars and friends phoning up and asking why I had n’t secern them we ’d win a Michelin star . ”
If the adept had indeed been mean for the Bourges brasserie , it would n’t have been the first clip Michelin recognized a casual dining hot spot . Last twelvemonth , aSingapore street food vendorselling $ 1.50 plates of Gallus gallus experience the in demand distinction . But the plates at the intended Le Bouche à Oreille — where Brittany lobster and foie gras are staple bill of fare items — cost about $ 20 to $ 40 more than those at the Bourges restaurant .
In plus to sharing a name , the two restaurants also deal similar addresses : Route de la Chapelle in Bourges and Impasse de la Chapelle in Boutervilliers . The Michelin Guide call the Bourges eatery to alarm them of the mix - up once they became cognisant of it . Fortunately , both restaurant have had a sense of humor about the disarray . The owners of Le Bouche à Oreille in Boutervilliers ask round the Bourges restaurant ’s staff to enjoy a meal at their eatery , and the chef promised to do the same if he ’s ever in Bourges .
[ h / tThe Telegraph ]
