2023-08-02 17:01:00
the essential Opposite the town hall, the restaurant “Chez Kathia” offers an eclectic cuisine: traditional and exotic, which will suit everyone.
It is a culinary journey offered by Bamby, the manager of the restaurant “Chez Khatia”, open since last April. On entering, the palm tree wallpaper already offers a first change of scenery, which continues on the plate.
On the menu, a cuisine “fusion of traditional, exotic dishes and Brazilian sushi”. Recipes inspired by Senegal, where the manager is from, while offering local products. “We wanted this concept, because it did not exist in Lourdes. We wanted to innovate to hook the mix of several audiences, and especially a local audience.”
For this, the restaurant offers a diverse menu for all tastes. Entrecôtes, salmon, or trout from Lau Balagnas rub shoulders with exotic dishes such as chicken yassa, colombo, mafé; but also Brazilian sushi “which are our flagship products” confides the restaurateur. All made with local ingredients: “We work with fresh products and everything is prepared 100% homemade, explains Bamby. We didn’t want to offer fast food only for tourists, but a real restaurant for locals.”
But if you are in a more festive mood, a bar is also open to you. It offers in particular homemade rum, cocktails with or without alcohol, but also tapas to share. This month, the restaurant will also offer DJ nights, organized every Saturday.
A successful conversion
At the origin of the project, Bamby confides the secrets of the opening of the restaurant: “I was a receptionist for eight years in Lourdes. It was my colleagues and my family who pushed me to change jobs. side, they told me that I was sociable, and on the other that I cooked well… So last year I started. First on uber eats, then with this restaurant.”
A personal project, the name of the restaurant “Chez Khatia” is named following her mother. But also anchored in the heart of the Marian city “because I have a small network in Lourdes, and then I love the city, confides the manager, even if I would like, in the future, to open other restaurants in Tarbes, or Paul!”
“King”, the chef who makes the sushi, comes from Italy: “He worked in Porto Fino, and I managed to convince him to poach him here” concludes Bamby.
The restaurant “Chez Khatia” is open every day, in high season, from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Possible delivery. At 20 avenue du Maréchal Foch in Lourdes. The upstairs room can be rented for any event.
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