For dinner, we order two fantastic dishes. The first is roast lobster with a citronella butter sauce, and vegetables with cocoa nut milk. This is an incredible dish, served with a fantastic Caribbean-spiced vegetable salad. I was instantly seduced by my order of Court bouillon, Creole style. The name may not sound all that exciting, but the presentation is gorgeous.

Anne arrives at the table and presents a large bowl with fillet of various fish arranged on the bottom. Onto that, she ladles a fresh seafood broth. Served on the side of this fragrant dish are at least thirteen tiny bowls containing condiments such as pistachio-flavored rice, kidney beans, pumpkin, bacon fricassee, finely diced banana, fresh flaked coconut, chives, hot sauce, and more. Flavoring the dish to one's individual taste makes a remarkably fun way to enjoy dinner.

Though this restaurant is Caribbean in tone, it is in France and as such, a cheese course is de rigueur. The cheese plate changes often and we enjoy St Nectaire farm cheese, goat's cheese marinated in olive oil, and Ostari sheep cheese.

Though there is barely room for dessert, we were told the desserts here rock the house, so we order Amarena cherries (small, dark, slightly sour cherries grown mostly in Bologna and Modena, preserved in sugar) over a Basque cake with ganache bombe and fresh cream. We also order their world-famous chocolate dessert, a large plate including fondant, ice-cream, millefeuille, rice pudding, banana crumble and coconut pie, Creole chocolate with spices, warm pie, mousse duo, and crème chocolate with almonds.

When you visit this incredible restaurant, try to bring as many friends as possible so each of you can order a different dish and share the fantastic, unusual, tropical tastes Chef Descas has to offer.

Au Sarment
Franck and Anne Descas
50, Rue de la lande
33240 Saint-Gervais
Tel: +33(0)5 57 43 44 73