Au Plaisir Ambré

Au Plaisir Ambré is a Bib Gourmand restaurant in Briançon offering creative, refined modern cuisine that blends tradition and innovation. It offers set menus — Amber, Pleasure and Discovery — that change with the seasons and market availability, and pairs dishes with a curated wine list and collaborations with local suppliers such as Laurence Gaudin’s fromagerie to encourage sharing and a journey through the flavours of the Hautes‑Alpes. The cozy dining room occupies a historic location, with jazz in the background and an intimate, refined, visually evocative setting aimed at awakening the senses. The cuisine draws on techniques of gastronomic cooking to create original tasting experiences; menus are seasonal, market‑driven and built around quality local products and homemade preparations. Michaël Chassigneux, an artisan chef, trained in Lyon and worked in London as sous‑chef to Éric Chavot at the two‑Michelin‑star Capitol Hotel; his travels to Switzerland, Sweden, Thailand and New Caledonia bring global influences to the menus. Specialties include Thai curry broth with pork ravioli, ginger and cabbage; whelk salad with seaweed, lime and horseradish mayonnaise; Arctic char in a bread crust with salsify and peanut sauce; Limousin beef fillet with miso pear purée and butternut tarte tatin; and Vacherin glacé with green Chartreuse, the chef's specialty.