Petit Pois Restaurant

We are back from holidays!
And we have that delicious soft goats cheese from Rocamadour, a small clifftop village in south-central France 🐐

Octopus carpaccio on special this week end 🐙

Set menu available Monday, Thursday and Friday 🙌

Ideal for a quick meal or pre theatre 🎥

Booking recommended

On special today:
line caught seabass, celeriac purée, new potatoes, courgette tempura, sauce verge.

Happy Bastille day 🇫🇷

Strawberry tart, sorbet 🍓
Summer isn't it?

Why French people eat snails?
Because they don't like fast food...😬

A dad joke today waking up in this beautifull summer day 🙄, snails everywhere, you might as well eat them 🐌

Let's drink to that 🍷

Sesame crust tuna steak, salade Nicoise 😎, very special indeed

Can you guess what traditional summer French dish will be on specials from today? 🐟

Bouillabaisse 🐟🦐🦑

Until 1956, French children attending school were served wine on their lunch breaks. Each pupil was entitled to four glasses a day. 🥴

In the past, wine, beer, and cider used to be sold in school cafeterias, although it was up to each school's discretion whether to allow it or not. Some parents would even include an alcoholic drink of their choice – typically 500 mL of wine, cider, or beer, depending on the region – in their child's lunch to take to school. In instances where schools did not permit this practice, some parents would encourage their children to have wine with breakfast before going to school. Typically, these beverages were available in the school cafeteria, where students were encouraged to purchase and consume about half a liter daily.😅

Another successful Sunday roast service done ✔️

What do you think of that 3 meats roast that our customers love so much?

Sirloin of beef, pork belly and braised lamb breast 😋
Yep...no kidding .

Next week Sunday is Father's day so don't wait the last minute to book a table! It's filling up fast!

A vegan dish for a change that screams the South of France 😎
Ratatouille, chick pea panisses, marinated chick peas, pesto and tomato sauce.

The lamb breast sold very well again today (as expected), part of our Sunday roast menu with sirloin of beef, and pork belly, and vegan Wellington.
There is also an option of having the 3 meats on one plate if you can't choose what to have!
All served with roast potatoes, honey carrots, swede purée, mixed greens, yorkie and our delicious homemade jus.

New scallop dish on the menu, served with cauliflower purèe, chicory, apple and hazelnut dressing 😎

New dessert on the menu 😎
Summer berries, sorbet, crumble, chantilly, strawberry jelly, meringue 🤤
Bring on the summer!! 🏖

We ve got some exciting news for you! 🎆

By popular demand, we have decided to extend the offer on our set menu to early dinner sitting, on Monday, Thursday and Friday. 😃

Booking is highly recommended!

Also new menu starting this Thursday with summer slowly kicking in ☀️

We are open all day today so come and see us on this lovely sunny day 😎
We have it all, sunday roasts , a la carte menu, cheese, charcuterie, sweets...🤤

Fun Fact Friday 😃

The emblematic Roquefort 🧀 has its own beautiful story.

According to legend, Roquefort cheese was discovered when a youth, eating his lunch of bread and ewes' milk cheese, saw a beautiful girl in the distance. Abandoning his meal in a nearby cave, he ran to meet her. When he returned a few months later, the mold (Penicillium roqueforti) had transformed his plain cheese into Roquefort.
Served as a cheese course or like here, in our chicory and walnut salad.

On special this week, smoked mackerel patè, pickled cucumber, toasts.
Line caught mackerel smoked locally, great fish full of omega 3, and one of the few fishes still plentiful in the sea 🌊

Fun Fact Friday 😃

A Petit pois classic: the tart tatin 🤤

There are several myths concerning the tart's origin, but the most common is that Stéphanie Tatin, of the Tatin sisters, who did most of the cooking, was overworked one day. She started to make a traditional apple pie but left the apples cooking in butter and sugar for too long. Smelling the burning, she tried to rescue the dish by putting the pastry base on top of the pan of apples and quickly finishing the cooking by putting the whole pan in the oven. After turning out the upside-down tart, she was surprised to find how much the hotel guests appreciated the dessert.

Check out our new special for the week end (and it I'll probably end up on our new menu starting in May) 😁

Monkfish "Basquaise" , with onion and red pepper compote, rice, Bayonne ham 🤤

As the weather is getting warmer (or is it ? 🤨) I see that dish flying out of the kitchen!

Fun Fact Friday 😃

Putting a baguette upside down is unlucky. 🥖

This superstition probably dates back to medieval times.at that time, executions were still numerous, so the executioner did not have time to pass by the bakery before working. The Baker would hold back a piece of bread by putting it upside down on the shelves of his bakery. For this reason, putting a baguette upside down is associated with death and misfortune 😬

Very happy and so grateful ❤️

Thank you to everyone who voted for us to be this year again in the top 30 restaurants of Brighton and Hove 😃

Thank you to our loyal customers and of course, to our amazing team 🙏

Finally, thank you for organising this annual event, sorry if we missed the party 🫣

Pulled beef bonbons, wild garlic pesto, chicory ...
one the weekly specials available until it's gone 🙌

On top of our Sunday roast menu, we also have this amazing seasonal special today 😋

English asparagus with lemon hollandaise 🙌

Fun Fact Friday 😃

In France, you can eat a different cheese every single day of the year!
France produces more than 1600 different kinds of cheeses.
Many different types are produced such as soft, blue, hard cheeses, etc..
Many are protected by strict regional labels and are a source of pride for the regions.
Which makes it the most cheese eating population in the world 🌎

A firm favourite on our lunch set menu: locally caught fresh squid, served crispy with garlic mayo 🦑

Fun Fact Friday 😃

Did you know that French gastronomy is recognised as a UNESCO cultural heritage?

France is famous for its gastronomy. 🥖

Snails, gratin dauphinois, tarte tatin, wines, cheeses and other exquisite dishes are well worth trying.🤤

This is why, in 2010, French gastronomy was added to the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. 👍