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Bistrot Constant is a bistro in Montech, France, at 25 rue de l'Usine on the Canal des Deux-Mers. Le Fooding listed the kitchen in 2026, and the restaurant occupies a converted lockhouse beside the water.
Christophe Marque runs the kitchen after training under Christian Constant, Jean-Marie Gautier and Antoine Westermann. The restaurant's site stresses seasonal produce, precise cooking and considered pairings. Michelin lists the restaurant as Recommended for 2026.
One Le Fooding lunch included vitello tonnato with coco de Paimpol bean hummus, and a wrasse fillet with a bouillabaisse-style broth. The kitchen has also run a truffle menu in January, with a truffle croque monsieur and veal sweetbreads with macaroni gratin.
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Pau-native Christophe Marque has certainly made his mark on this old lockhouse along the Canal des Deux-Mers, which was done up in 2014 (waxed hardwood floors, big windows, a massive terrace) when chef Christian Constant initially took it over. The day we went for lunch, the former chef of Le Bibent in Toulouse delivered a flawless €23 menu: voluptuous vitello tonnato with a coco de Paimpol bean hummus, pickled red onion, sorrel and capers; irreproachable pan-fried wrasse fillet, perked up with a bouillabaisse-style broth with mussels, onions, new potatoes, zucchini and peppers; before an outstanding Mirabelle plum clafoutis served with marigold ice cream. Otherwise, served à la carte there’s meagre, oyster, salmon and ginger tartare; spit-roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and an herb butter; chocolate tart, etc. // P.L.
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