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I took my partner to this restaurant for her birthday dinner having first heard about it on Rick Stein’s BBC series “Secret France”. What a discovery! First, the location. The restaurant is a chalet and authentic former farmhouse situated in a quite remote location at the end of a mountain road around 5km from the village of Rochejean. If you are coming from the direction of Lausanne and you’re using Waze, do NOT follow directions unless they take you through Rochejean they will take you up a steep single lane farm track which eventually becomes a dirt track and then a steep mountainside. By the time we discovered this there was nowhere to turn round and we ended up stuck in the snow in the middle of nowhere. We eventually freed ourselves and reached the restaurant via the village of Rochejean. The restaurant is full of charm and retains its character as a former farmhouse. The menu is authentic rural French cuisine at its very best, using local produce. The restaurant produces much of its own ingredients foie gras, liqueurs and the meat is cooked in the dining area over a wood burning grill. We had home produced foie gras for entrée followed by fillet steak topped with pan seared foie gras flambéed in Calvados. For dessert we chose the signature tarte aux myrtilles. The food was truly exceptional the steak in particular melted in the mouth, and the grilled foie gras complimented it perfectly. This, coupled with the outstanding and friendly service, made the whole experience exceptional. Vegetarians are well catered for too, with a great selection of salads. La Boissaude also has an outstanding variety of liqueurs, including some that are home produced. In summary, we can recommend La Boissaude without hesitation. Go! (but make sure you go via the road from Rochejean!