Michel Bras

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Description: The stark landscape of the Aubrac, home to Michel Bras' restaurant is characterised by dense forests and miles of pasture where the region's famous Aubrac cattle graze. But on the crest of Le Puech du Suquet, the landscape is broken up by a commanding vision in glass and steel: Restaurant Bras, housed since 1992 in a thrillingly futuristic design by architect Eric Raffy. Michel Bras started out almost by accident, though his family was in the business. His father and mother ran a simple country inn after his father found he could no longer earn enough as a blacksmith - but Bras never intended to follow suit. It was only when he was part way through a science degree and his mother fell ill that he stepped up to the plate. Discovering a natural aptitude, he was soon drawn in. Bras' cuisine is an intriguing blend, uniting twin facets of his personality: those of the botanist who researches and forages for rare or forgotten herbs and plants in the hillsides, and of the poet, who is inspired by the play of the seasons and light in the Aubrac. His most celebrated dish, the Gargouillou de Jeunes Légumes, is a dish of some 30 or 40 vegetables - widely considered to be one of the world's fi nest vegetable dishes - each cooked and seasoned individually to retain its flavour. Rustic local speciality, Aligot, an ultra rich, elastic purée of potatoes and Laguiole cheese, is always on the menu, and is to this day made by Bras' mother. Menus are printed twice daily and change throughout the six months (April to October) when the Aubrac's forests, pastures, and meadows are at their most fecund. The 51-year-old Bras has never lost his connection with the locality, in spite of the expansion of his business to Japan. The dining room is decorated with collages and sculptures by local artists using local materials; the lounge offers a 180-degree panorama of the countryside; and keeping him ever-rooted is his family, with his wife Ginette, son Sébastien and daughter Véronique all engaged in keeping Restaurant Bras up there with its cosmopolitan rivals in the French culinary super-league.
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