 Poster: A snowHead
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Can i have some suggestions for a special lunch restaurant in Espace Killy . Budget is not an issue , this is a special celebration so we want fine dining and white table clothes and grumpy french waitresses . I vaguely remember there is a great restaurant at top of Grand Motte Funicular . Any suggestions gratefully received
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@gwatts10, There is. Another favourite of wealthy fiends is the Fruitiere at the top of the Le Daille Bubble - its part of the Folie Douce complex - but if you have a normal timed lunch the squeals of those that need to be seen that start mid afternoon shouldn't spoil the ambience.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Edelweiss at Le Fornet. You will have to book in advance. Perhaps even a long time in advance...
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another vote for Edelweiss.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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For your specific requirement, sounds like the Michelin starred Atelier D'Edmond in Fornet is the place. I won't spare the time, Edelweiss, Signal (upstairs) or Tufs would be my choices, in that order. Don't like Fruitiere - too busy, too cramped.
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My personal fave is Triffolet in the woods towards La Daille. Fabulous views over the valley. Mind you we go there so it may not be expensive enough for you. 
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Another favourite of wealthy fiends
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Devilled kidneys? 
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My personal fave is Triffolet in the woods towards La Daille. Fabulous views over the valley. Mind you we go there so it may not be expensive enough for you.
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L'Arolay, two minutes towards Val from Fornet. Get the beef.
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@Dr John, +1 really nice ether, La Signal pretty good too
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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also, La Grande Ourse is a cracker, on the front de niege in Val d'Isere. Reassuringly expensive to keeps the riff raff (i.e. boarders) out.
*ducks*
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Ski the Mangard blue and then lunch at the Edelweiss - no contest (book in advance and confirm on the day).
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks to everyone for various suggestions , we are booked in Atelier for a Tuesday night , will aim for Edelweiss , and we also have La Fruitiere booked as we know Romain the manager pretty well as well as Kelly Starlight from La Folie . The one I was trying to remember was Le Panoramic at the top of the Grande Motte funicular , but I think we have enough to keep the waist line bulging and the wallets empty for now
Dr John .........we are boarders !!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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For eating on the mountain I agree entirely with @franga, kditrj2d and others, Edelweiss is a significant cut above every other restaurant I've eaten at in Espace Killy. Which admittedly isn't all of them, but I am a huge foodie and would even rate it close to some of the 1 Michelin starred places I've been to, and probably the best I've ever been to in a ski resort. However while the food is spectacular and the wine list well chosen, it's not a fine dining restaurant - it's a rustic building with wooden tables and a log fire halfway up the mountain serving delicious, hearty local classics.
For a fine dining place, you'll probably have to look in the villages themselves. I didn't try any such places on the occasions I've been to EK, as I've been in a catered chalet, but I've heard good things about l'Atelier d'Edmond in Fornet. And not-so-good things about Table de l'Ours in Val proper: a (wealthy-and-foodie) friend of mine who ate there described it as "bog standard 1* food for 2-3* prices". I think he's become a little jaded having eaten at a lot of Michelin starred places that don't stand out from each other, and frankly being in a ski resort you expect to pay more than you'd pay for the same in a 'normal' town, but I tend to trust his judgement on restaurants as his recommendations have always been excellent for me.
As much as I love eating out, I tend to have specific holidays to foodie areas of the world to fulfil that desire, so while I like to eat well on skiing holidays I tend to go for rustic restaurants serving top notch hearty fodder rather than fine dining places. Personally I think the food at Edelweiss is good and special enough to work for most special occasions - few mountain restaurants serve foix gras or have a range of classed growth Bordeaux and premier cru Burgundy, so it does feel like somewhere out-of-the-ordinary, and the rustic-ness gives a great atmosphere when you're up in the mountains with snow all around - but I can understand the view that some special occasions need the formality of a fine dining restaurant. Not sure about fine dining at lunch in a ski resort though - being sweaty in ski gear after a morning of hard exercise would make me feel out of place in a formal restaurant!
Edit: just saw your reply after writing this. Sounds like the perfect choices!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Everyone seems to have put really god suggestions forward.... for something a little different and amazing humungous burgers (proper burgers) and a good view then the Peau de Vache half way down Le Face is one of my favourites too... Edelweiss and Grand Ourse are amazing too. It will be interesting what the eating at the new Yule 5* hotel right on the snow front is like. Also Atelier d'Edmond in Fornet is HIGH up the list of major treat places I want to take the wife to at some point - lunchtime menu is normally priced but they also do the full Michelin Menu and service in the evening too!
Im hungry now!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I like Edelweiss a lot but last time I tried to book, they only accepted bookings on the day.
Maybe things have changed and it was only for two.
The place at the top of the funicular is pretty special too with boot warmers while you eat.
The unlimited run at the puddings prevented my wife from schussing the descent.
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