The chef juggles the Tunisian tradition, the sweet and savory flavors and a few personal touches. The regulars will consist probably a fairly balanced course to assess all but for the uninitiated, menus, all tasty they sometimes prove heavy, very heavy, too heavy for it combines gastronomic pleasure without heaviness of a possible indigestion. Meanwhile, the service is undeniably refined, and sometimes provided with the awkwardness of a pianist with flares.
On another note, I had kept for “The Chalet” La Goulette, the memory satisfies times that promises to revive. In this alignment restaurants where all the cards seem copied pasted, “The Chalet” appears as a real breath of originality. The menu is a trip to the Jewish cuisine, often unknown to Tunisia. Its wines are sufficiently numerous and varied to allow the happiest associations. This does no harm, hospitality and service handle at once relaxation, humor and willingness to guide the customer.
Yet, as in many Tunisian restaurants, “Le Chalet” cultivates the fickleness of where the truth of the day is no longer the truth of the other day. In an identical menu, promises are just as numerous and varied to address new flavors. Yes, but…
“Oh that, we do not have it, sir.” “This, the chief does not prepare today”!
And you get to choose … what the chef or the restaurant decided to put you under his nose.
Unhappy! Even more unfortunate that, except that gap still very unpleasant, preparation is the discovery remain at the rendezvous.
“It’s something”, say the optimists. Yes, forbid me to recommend without hesitation.
Alain Trémiseau
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