Au Crocodile

Au Crocodile is a Michelin Guide starred French restaurant in Strasbourg, named after a stuffed crocodile.

Au Crocodile
Restaurant information
Established1971
Owner(s)Cedric Moulot
ChefFranck Pelux
Food typeClassic French
Street address10 r. de l'Outre F - 67000
CityStrasbourg
StateAlsace
CountryFrance
ReservationsRecommended
Websitewww.au-crocodile.com

History

The restaurant was named after a stuffed crocodile that a local general brought back from overseas whilst on Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria,[1] and which is hung over the foyer.[2] In 1921, the prominent French gastronomic journalist Curnonsky (nicknamed the "Prince of Gastronomy") wrote about Au Crocodile, and the stuffed crocodile in the foyer.[3]

Restaurant Crocodile

Émile Jung and his wife Monique took over the restaurant in 1971 and, in 1989, it was awarded three Michelin stars.[3] In 2002, it lost one of them. Jung said, "No words can ease the pain that eats at our hearts and that has killed our spirits".[4] Some of Jung's colleagues took out a full-page advertisement to show their support.[4]

The restaurant has been used as a site for discussing international relations: in May 2010 the Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha and his opposition leader Edi Rama were summoned to a meeting there by members of the European Union.[5] Chef Philippe Bohrer purchased the restaurant in 2010 from Jung for more than a million Euros. in 2015 under the new leadership of Cedric Moulot Au Crocodile in Strasbourg was given new life. The chef Franck Pelux and the owner Cedric Moulot are emblematic of the revival of this famed eatery.

Le Crocodile in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was named after Au Crocodile after chef Michel Jacob visited the French restaurant as a young man.[6]

Reception

Travel guide Fodor's described the dishes of chef Bohrer as "dazzling", and thought that the interior was "aglow".[1] The review by fellow travel guide Frommer's also thought favourably of the interior of the restaurant, and described the dishes as "inventive", saying their "major problem comes only when the bill ... arrives".[7]

In 2018 Au Crocodile topped TripAdvisor's list of the World's best restaurants.[8]

References
  1. "Au Crocodile". Fodor's. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. "Au Crocodile". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  3. De Sagarra, Joan (14 November 1999). "Au crocodile". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. Gecker, Jocelyn (21 April 2002). "In France, A Star is Borne Away". Albany Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2012. (subscription required)
  5. "Dancing, but not moving; Albania's political deadlock". The Economist. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2012. (subscription required)
  6. Stainsby, Mia (1 February 2005). "Le Crocodile". Town & Country. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2012. (subscription required)
  7. "Au Crocodile". Frommer's. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  8. https://www.malaymail.com/news/eat-drink/2018/12/05/au-crocodile-tops-tripadvisors-list-of-worlds-best-gastronomic-restaurants/1700067

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