Monflanquin, France
Effet Maison
On the arcaded main square of a medieval bastide town in the Lot-et-Garonne, Effet Maison occupies a setting that does most of the scene-setting before the first course arrives. The restaurant draws on the produce-dense agricultural corridor between Périgord and Gascony, placing it in a lineage of French regional cooking where the sourcing argument is inseparable from what ends up on the plate. For those travelling through southwest France, it represents a considered stop in a town that rewards the detour.
