Vegan Restaurant in France Gets Michelin Star for the First Time Ever

There are seven dishes on Vallee’s gourmet menu, her favorite one consisting of pine, boletus, mushroom, and sake or celery, tonka, and amber ale. The restaurant serves meals on a green terrace and has a garden with over 140 plants.

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Vallée was inspired by her travels, especially in Thailand, telling ABC News, “I bring back spices, cooking methods, vegetables that I would not have seen.”

At first, Vallée had trouble securing funding for her restaurant, with traditional French banks skeptical of the success of an all-vegan restaurant. She eventually obtained the funds through crowdfunding and through La Nef, a bank specializing in lending to ethical projects.