

Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
3/22/2024 | 3h 59m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
This Frederick Wiseman documentary showcases a Michelin star family restaurant in France.
'Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros', a film by Frederick Wiseman, showcases the Troisgros family restaurant, which has held 3 Michelin stars for 55 years over four generations. The film is about the artistry, ingenuity, and imagination that goes into creating and presenting meals of the highest quality. It follows Michel Troisgros, as he turns over responsibility of the restaurant to his son, César.
MENUS-PLAISIRS - LES TROISGROS is a film by Frederick Wiseman. Producer, Director, Editor Frederick Wiseman, photography James Bishop, sound Jean-Paul Mugel, producers Karen Konicek & Oliver Giel. Produced by 3...

Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
3/22/2024 | 3h 59m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
'Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros', a film by Frederick Wiseman, showcases the Troisgros family restaurant, which has held 3 Michelin stars for 55 years over four generations. The film is about the artistry, ingenuity, and imagination that goes into creating and presenting meals of the highest quality. It follows Michel Troisgros, as he turns over responsibility of the restaurant to his son, César.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(traffic humming) (people talking in background) (scale buttons beeping) (people talking in background) CÉSAR TROISGROS and WOMAN (in French): CÉSAR: WOMAN and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and WOMAN: WOMAN: CÉSAR and WOMAN: CÉSAR: WOMAN: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and WOMAN: (people talking in background) MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: (man laughs) CÉSAR: MAN and CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: (scale beeps) (scale beeps) MAN and CÉSAR: SELLER: LÉO TROISGROS: SELLER: LÉO (humming): SELLER (in French) and CÉSAR (in Arabic): (seller repeats in Arabic, César speaking Arabic) (kissing) (all speaking Arabic and French) SELLER (in French): LÉO: CÉSAR and MAN: SELLER: LÉO: CÉSAR and LÉO: CÉSAR and SELLER: SELLER: CÉSAR: SELLER: LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN: LÉO: Hmmm... (both speaking French) WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: (people talking in background) CÉSAR: LÉO and CÉSAR: CÉSAR and LÉO: MICHEL TROISGROS: CÉSAR: LÉO and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: CÉSAR and LÉO: CÉSAR: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: LÉO: LÉO and CÉSAR: LÉO: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: LÉO and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: LÉO and CÉSAR: LÉO and MICHEL: CÉSAR and MICHEL: CÉSAR: (Michel murmuring, clears throat) CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: LÉO: MICHEL: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: LÉO and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: (Léo speaking French) CÉSAR and LÉO: CÉSAR: LÉO and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: (Michel speaking French) CÉSAR: LÉO: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: Mmm.
MICHEL and LÉO: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: (groans) MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO and MICHEL: LÉO and MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL and LÉO: LÉO and MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL and LÉO: LÉO: MICHEL and LÉO: LÉO: LÉO and MICHEL: MICHEL: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO and MICHEL: MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO: LÉO and MICHEL: MICHEL: LÉO and MICHEL: (Michel speaking French) (chuckling) LÉO: MICHEL: LÉO and MICHEL: LÉO: MICHEL: Okay.
Mm, okay.
LÉO and MICHEL: MICHEL and LÉO: MICHEL: Mmm... (coughs) LÉO: Mm.
MICHEL: (Léo asks question) LÉO: Okay.
(birds chirping) (birds chirping, insects buzzing) (dog barking in distance) DRIVER and WOMAN: WOMAN and MAN: WOMAN and DRIVER: (van door closes) DRIVER 2 and MAN: MAN: (talking in background) MAN: WOMAN: (metal clattering) MAN: (woman responds) (utensil scraping, pounding) (utensil scraping) (knife chopping) (metal clatters in background) (people talking in background) (glass clinking) (people talking in background) (speaking softly) (talking in background) (machine beeps) (talking in background) MAN 1: MAN 1 and 2: MAN 2: MAN 1: MAN 1 and 2: (pots clanging, water running in background) (people talking in background) (machines humming) (metal clangs in background) (knife chopping rapidly) (metal clangs in background) (metal clanking in background) (people talking in background) (whisking) (César clears throat) (object thuds in background) (metal clattering in background) (machine beeps) (utensil banging in background) (people talking, utensil banging in background) (knife sharpening) (people talking in background) (metal clanking in background) (metal clanks in background) (utensils clanking in background) (people talking in background) (metal clanking in background) (people talking in background) (pan sizzling) (metal clanking in background) (people talking, metal clanking in background) (footsteps tapping) MAN: MICHEL: MAN: Les Petits Monts.
MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: (man speaking French) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: (continues in French) MICHEL and MAN: (man chuckles) MAN: (sucks teeth) MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: Mm-hmm.
MAN: (Michel speaking French) MAN: (Michel speaking French) MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: (man speaking French) MICHEL: MAN: (clears throat) (Michel speaking French) (footsteps tapping) (glass placed on table) (birds chirping) (people talking in background) WOMAN: MAN 1: MAN 2: WOMAN: (talking in background, laughing) (laughing) (talking in background) (laughing) (talking in background) (birds chirping) (conversation, laughter continue) (frog chirping) MAN: (frog chirping) MAN: MAN: MAN: (talking in background) WOMAN: MAN: MAN 2: (all laughing) (talking in background) MAN: (all laughing) WOMAN: (laughing) (all laughing) (talking in background) MAN: (talking in background) (all laughing) MAN: (laughing) MAN: (birds chirping, people laughing) MAN and WOMAN: WOMAN and MAN: MAN: (birds chirping) (cow moos) MAN: (César speaking French) CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN and CÉSAR: MAN: (César speaking French) MAN: (César speaking French) MAN: MAN and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: (cow moos) (birds chirping) (cows mooing) (cows mooing) MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: (cows mooing) MAN 2: MAN 1: MAN 2: CÉSAR and MAN 1: MAN 1: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 2: MAN 1: CÉSAR and MAN 1: MAN 1: CÉSAR and MAN 1: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 1: MAN 2: (man 1 speaking French) (cows moo) (César chuckles, coos) (cows mooing) (cow moos) MAN 1: (cows mooing) (birds chirping) (metal clanks) (birds chirping) (vent opens, César murmurs) (birds chirping) (people talking in background) MAN: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 1: CÉSAR: MAN 3: MAN 3 and CÉSAR: MAN 3: CÉSAR: Okay.
MAN 1: MAN 1 and CÉSAR: MAN 1: (César speaking French) CÉSAR and MAN 3: CÉSAR (clears throat): WOMAN and MAN 3: CÉSAR: MAN 3 and CÉSAR: (men respond) CÉSAR: MAN 4 and WOMAN: MAN 4 and MAN 3: MAN 4: WOMAN: MAN 1: MAN 3: Okay.
MAN 3 and MAN 1: (speaking French) MAN 2 and MAN 1: (all laugh, interject) MAN 3: MAN 4: MAN 1: MARIE-PIERRE TROISGROS (chuckling): MARIE-PIERRE and JEANNE: MARIE-PIERRE: JEANNE: MARIE-PIERRE: (all laugh) (talking in background, Marie-Pierre laughs) MAN: (talking in background) MARIE-PIERRE: (laughing) WOMAN: MAN: (woman laughs) (all talking in background) MAN: (others respond in French, talking in background) (man coughs) (woman laughs) (door opens) MAN: MAN and MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: Ah, okay.
MARIE-PIERRE: (man speaking French) MARIE-PIERRE and MAN: MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: (both speaking French) MAN: MARIE-PIERRE and MAN: MARIE-PIERRE: MAN and MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: WOMAN: (people talking in background) (pot clanking in background) (pan sizzling) CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: MAN 1 and MAN 2: MAN 2: MAN 1 and MAN 2: (people talking in background) MICHEL: CÉSAR: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: (others murmur assent) MICHEL: (others talking softly) MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: (knife chopping rapidly) MAN: (Michel speaking French) MICHEL and MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: (speaking French) Hm?
MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MAN: (speaking French) MICHEL: Ah?
MAN: MICHEL: Okay.
MAN: MICHEL: Uh-huh.
MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (Michel speaking French) Okay.
(man talking in background) CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: (man responds) CÉSAR: (man chuckles) CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR and WOMAN: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: MAN and CÉSAR: MAN: MAN and WOMAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: (birds chirping) (people talking in background) SERVER: WOMAN: SERVER: (all laughing) (people talking in background) (man speaking French) MAN: SERVER: MAN and SERVER: MAN: SERVER: MAN: SERVER: MAN: SERVER: MAN: MAN and SERVER: MAN: SERVER: MAN: SERVER: SERVER and MAN: SERVER: (man stammering) MAN: SERVER: MAN: SERVER: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN: WOMAN: SERVER: MAN and SERVER: (all laughing) SERVER: (people talking in background) WOMAN: SERVER: MAN and WOMAN: SERVER: MAN and WOMAN: MAN: SERVER and MAN: WOMAN: MAN: SERVER: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN: SERVER and MAN: WOMAN and SERVER: WOMAN: SERVER and MAN: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN: SERVER: (speaking softly) SERVER: (man sniffs, exclaims softly) MAN: (speaking French) MAN: SERVER: MAN: Okay.
SERVER (clears throat): (man speaking French) SERVER: (all laughing) SERVER and MAN: MAN: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL (laughs): MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: WOMAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: Pardon?
(man repeats) MICHEL: WOMAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: (people talking in background) (talking in background) WOMAN: (man responds) CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: (staff talking in background) CÉSAR (speaking German): (speaking French) CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR (speaking German): (people talking in background) CÉSAR (speaking French): (staff responds) CÉSAR: (staff responds) (talking in background) CÉSAR: (staff responds) (talking in background) MICHEL: (man responds) MICHEL: (timer beeping) (man responds) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (staff responds) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN 1 and MAN 2: MICHEL: (man responds) MICHEL: (people talking in background) MICHEL: (man talking softly) MICHEL: MAN: MAN: (staff responds) (talking in background) MAN: MAN 2: MAN: (staff responds) (sizzling) MAN: (staff responds) CÉSAR: WOMAN: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: (man responds) CÉSAR: MAN and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: (man responds) CÉSAR: (man responds) MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: (staff responds) CÉSAR: (machine beeps) MAN: (utensil hammering) MICHEL: (murmuring) (oil sizzling) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (sizzling) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MAN 2 and MICHEL: MICHEL: (man responds) MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: (staff responds) MAN and MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: (speaking French) (stammers) MICHEL and WOMAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: (laughs) (people talking in background) SERVER: (men laugh) SERVER and MAN: SERVER 2: SERVER 3: (customers respond) SERVER: MAN and SERVER: SERVER: WOMAN: MAN: SERVER: (customers respond) WOMAN: SERVER: (people talking in background) SERVER: (customers chuckling) MAN: (talking in background) SERVER: WOMAN and SERVER: WOMAN: SERVER and WOMAN: MAN: It's so fresh and youthful.
It's so vibrant-- thank you.
It's hard to kind of... - The consistency is... Oh, I'm sorry.
I expect the bottles to show well.
I expect them to.
- Yeah, yeah.
But, like, this is so youthful.
It is to me.
Like, if, 'cause if you think of the, the 2005 Romanée-Saint Laurent we had yesterday... - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- ...that was kind of, already kind of... - Evolved.
- Evolved.
- Definitely.
- This has crystalline purity.
- Thank you.
(speaking French): (chortling softly) - Right?
- Yes.
- You get that light cocoa dusting, the, the sort of ripe fruit.
- Oh.
(speaks French) (man 2 speaking French) SERVER: - This wine smells great.
MAN 1: Yes.
Just the fineness of the minerality there... - Yeah.
I mean, the tannins are so velvety.
- Dusty and distributed.
- Yeah.
(speaks French) - No coarseness, they're all ripe.
- No, no, no.
- The, the grip is still there.
- Yeah, that you... You know it's gonna last, but you also know that it's kind of wanting to be, it's wanting to please you now, also.
- Yeah.
SERVER: So that's the, the lamb, right.
The lamb is cooked to rosé here.
A little of cumin, and you have some black olive.
That's dried black olive with a little of sugar, so that's like, like sweeties.
For the sauce, this one is made with anchovy, a little of cooking butter, also.
- Anchovy?
- Anchovy, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, yes.
- And on the left side that's fried artichoke, like Italian people used to do.
MAN: Great.
MICHEL (speaking French): MAN: MICHEL and MAN 2: MICHEL: MAN 2 and WOMAN: MICHEL: MAN 2 and MICHEL: MAN 2: Ah, okay.
MICHEL: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN: (people talking in background) (talking in background) (hotplate buttons beeping) CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: (Michel speaking French) CÉSAR: MICHEL: (all speaking French) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL (loudly): MAN: MICHEL: (man responds) MAN: (staff responds) (pans sizzling) MAN: (sizzling) MAN: MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (repeats) LÉA: MAN: MAN 2 and MAN 3: MAN 2: (man 3 speaking in distance) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: (Michel speaking French) (speaking French) MAN: MICHEL: (sizzling) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (César responds) MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: MAN and STAFF: MAN: MAN: MICHEL: CÉSAR: (man responds) MICHEL: WOMAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: (sizzling) (people talking in background) (sizzling) MAN: (staff responds) CÉSAR: CÉSAR and WOMAN: CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MAN 1 and MAN 2: CÉSAR: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (pans sizzling) MAN: MAN: (man speaking French) (woman speaking softly) MAN: (woman speaking French) SERVER and MAN: (all laugh) SERVER: MAN: SERVER: WOMAN and SERVER: SERVER: - I was thinking about that in the context of the cheese platter.
You don't just, like, throw it all out there.
You're, like, "Okay, how do I sort of curate something that has sufficient complexity, but enough focus?"
- Yeah.
- Right.
- You know.
And a, and a business is like that, right?
Like, you know, you're, you're trying...
Trying to do something special efficiently... - So, if you look at a great athlete... - (speaking French) - ...a lot of the great athletes, what they do seems effortless.
You, just looking at them, it seems effortless.
SERVER: So, messieurs, here we continue with the John Dory flower.
Just underneath, this is a green curry, and we just put some apple to make the curry taste softer.
- Oh, my God, it smells... - It's wonderful.
- A little bit of acidity that... - This smells... - That green apple with a kosho would be perfect, right?
- Yeah.
- I mean, the presentation!
- This is a John Dory flower.
- Did anyone get a photo of the last dish?
I forgot.
- I think I... - All of them, yes.
- Don't worry.
- I just want to take a picture of this.
This is a beautiful... - John Dory flower.
- The rose of John Dory?
- Yeah.
- Rose de Jean?
SERVER: SERVER: (people talking in background) (baby cooing) MICHEL (chuckling) and WOMAN: CÉSAR and MICHEL: WOMAN and CÉSAR: WOMAN: MICHEL: WOMAN: (baby fusses) (César murmuring) (baby fussing) (baby fussing, screams) (César talking softly) MAN: (Michel laughing) CÉSAR: MICHEL: WOMAN: (César and Michel laugh) CÉSAR: WOMAN: MICHEL: WOMAN: CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL: CÉSAR: WOMAN: MICHEL: (talking in background) (talking in background) (people talking in background) (people talking in background) (man speaking French) (people talking in background) (birds chirping) (bells ringing in distance) (birds chirping) (table tennis ball clacking) (Léo exclaims) (laughs) (birds chirping) (table tennis ball clacking) (birds chirping) (table tennis ball clacking) (birds chirping) (people talking in background) (water splashes) (water splashing) (man calls out) (water splashes) (hissing) LÉO: WOMAN: Mm?
LÉO: WOMAN: Mm, okay.
(murmurs) WOMAN: LÉO: Mm.
WOMAN: LÉO: LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN: LÉO: Um... WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: MAN and LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN: LÉO and WOMAN: (Léo speaks French) WOMAN: Okay.
LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: (repeats, Oscar responds) LÉO: (Oscar asks question) LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN: (Léo blows out) WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: Polenta... LÉO: WOMAN: Okay... LÉO: WOMAN: Okay.
LÉO: (woman speaking French) Okay.
LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO and WOMAN: (Léo mumbling) (woman speaking French) LÉO: LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: Okay.
(speaking French) LÉO: (both speaking French) LÉO: LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: (both speaking French) LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: (woman speaking French) LÉO: (both speaking French) WOMAN: WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: Okay.
WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: Uh... WOMAN: Okay.
LÉO: LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: (woman speaking French) LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: (woman speaking French) (Léo murmuring) (woman speaking French) Okay.
LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: (Léo speaking French) WOMAN and LÉO: LÉO: (others respond) LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: MATHILDA: WOMAN (murmuring): MATHILDA: WOMAN: Okay.
(speaks French) MATHILDA and LÉO: (woman speaking French) MATHILDA: LÉO: WOMAN and MATHILDA: WOMAN: (Mathilda speaking French) MATHILDA and LÉO: WOMAN and MATHILDA: MATHILDA: (woman speaking French) LÉO and MATHILDA: WOMAN and MATHILDA: WOMAN: Okay.
WOMAN and MATHILDA: LÉO: (women speaking French, metal bowls clattering) WOMAN and LÉO: (all laughing) LÉO and WOMAN: MATHILDA: (woman speaking French) LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: MATHILDA: WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: (woman and Mathilda talking softly) LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN: WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN: MATHILDA: WOMAN: LÉO: MAN and LÉO: MAN: LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO: (man responds, Léo chuckles) LÉO and MAN: LÉO: (sizzling) (people talking in background) LÉO: (people talking in background) LÉO: MAN: MAN and LÉO: WOMAN: (others greeting) (speaking French) VALENTIN: WOMAN: VALENTIN: WOMAN: (Valentin speaking French) (woman speaking French, laughs) WOMAN and VALENTIN: (man calls from kitchen) VALENTIN: (woman asks him to repeat, man responds) VALENTIN: WOMAN: VALENTIN: (woman laughs, speaks French) VALENTIN: WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO: MAN: MAN: LÉO: (man responds) LÉO: LÉO and PAUL: LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO: CLÉMENT and LÉO: LÉO: CLÉMENT: (Léo stammering) CLÉMENT and LÉO: LÉO: (wrapper crinkling) (pan sizzling) LÉO: (man responds) LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO: MAN and LÉO: LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO and MAN: MAN: LÉO: MAN: LÉO: (sizzling) (timer beeping) LÉO: MAN and LÉO: (people talking in background) LÉO: (talking in background) LÉO: (man responds) (people talking in background) SERVER: (woman talking softly) SERVER: (laughing) (woman laughing) (pans sizzling) LÉO: MAN and LÉO: (pans sizzling) MAN: LÉO: (murmurs) LÉO and WOMAN: (Léo responds) WOMAN and LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO and WOMAN: LÉO: (pan sizzling) MAN and LÉO: LÉO: MAN: LÉO: (pan sizzling) (machine whirring) MAN: MAN 2: MAN 3: (people talking in background) MAN: (people talking in background) MAN: LÉO: WOMAN: LÉO: MAN and WOMAN: (woman laughs) LÉO and MAN: LÉO: MAN: (woman responds) (laughs): LÉO: (chuckling): LÉO and MAN: (woman laughs) MAN: (woman responds) MAN: WOMAN: WOMAN (chuckles): (all talking, laughing) LÉO: (people talking in background) (birds chirping) MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (Michel asks question) MAN: (Michel repeats) MAN: (goat bleats) MAN and MICHEL: (man continues) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (both speak softly) MAN: MICHEL: (man speaking French) (goat bleats) (goat bleats) (Michel responds) MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (goat bleats) MICHEL: (chuckles) MAN: (dog barking) (goats bleating, dog barking) (man speaking French, dog barking) (dog barking, goats bleating) (dog barking) (machine hissing and pumping) MICHEL and MAN: (machine pumping) (machine pumping) (machine pumping and hissing) (insects chirping) (birds chirping) MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN 2: MAN 1 and MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL: (man 1 responds) MICHEL: MAN 1: MAN 1 and MICHEL: MICHEL: MAN 1: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN 1: MAN 1: (laughs) MICHEL and MAN 1: (Michel repeats) (both talking at once) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN 1 and MICHEL: (man calling) (calling) (birds chirping) (man calling goats) (goats bleat) (man calling) (calling) (goats bleating) (man calling) (goats bleating, man calling) (birds chirping) (goat bleats) (goat bleats) (goat bleats) (goat bleats) MAN: CÉSAR: (murmurs) MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: (César responds) CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: (César asks, man affirms) MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and LÉO: MAN and CÉSAR: MAN: (dog barking) MAN: CÉSAR: Okay.
MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: LÉO: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR and MAN: MAN: (César responds) MAN: (people talking in distance) CÉSAR: LÉO: CÉSAR: (Léo speaks softly) CÉSAR: (birds chirping) (car passing) MAN: (all greeting) MAN: MAN 1 and MAN 2: MAN 1: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 1: MAN 3: MAN 1: MAN 3: Okay.
MAN 1: (speaking French) (others chuckle) MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 1: (murmurs) (birds chirping) MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (Michel laughs) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: (Michel responds) MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: (birds chirping) (wind blowing) (bell ringing, people talking in background) (bell continues) (bell continues) MAN: WOMAN: MAN: LÉO: LÉO and MAN: LÉO and WOMAN: WOMAN and MAN: WOMAN: MAN and WOMAN: (birds chirping) (birds chirping) (bee smoker pumping, bees buzzing) (buzzing) (smoker pumping) (buzzing) (smoker pumping, bees buzzing) (buzzing) (buzzing) (lid pounding) (buzzing) (buzzing) (bees buzzing, birds chirping) (birds chirping, frog croaking) (iron hissing) (vacuum whirring) (vacuum continues) (vacuum continues) (light switch clicks) (birds chirping) (water splashes) (object clatters) (water running) WOMAN: WOMAN 2: Hmm.
WOMAN 1 and WOMAN 2: WOMAN 1 and WOMAN 2: (birds chirping) (bees buzzing) (helicopter approaching) (helicopter approaching) (helicopter approaching) (engine slowing) (footsteps tapping) (footsteps tapping) (utensil banging) (object hammering) (wood clattering, bottles clanking) (bottles clanking) (bottles clanking) (footsteps approaching) (bottles clanking) (bottles clanking) (bottles clanking) (bottle sliding, clanking) MAN: MAN 2: MAN 1: MAN 1 and MAN 3: MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL and MAN 1: MAN 1: (Michel sniffs deeply) MAN 1: MAN 4: MAN 2: MAN 2 and MAN 4: (man 1 stammering) MAN 4 and MAN 1: MAN 4: MAN 1 and MAN 4: MAN 1: (César speaking French) MAN 1: MAN 4: MAN 1 and MAN 4: MAN 5: MAN 1: MAN 2 and MAN 1: MAN 4 and MAN 1: MAN 1: MAN 4: MAN 1: WOMAN: (speaking French) MAN: MARIE-PIERRE and MAN: MARIE-PIERRE: (both talking) MAN: WOMAN (laughs) and MARIE-PIERRE: (women laughing, man talking) MARIE-PIERRE: WOMAN: MARIE-PIERRE: - Like Hell's Kitchen?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(speaking French) MARIE-PIERRE: MARIE-PIERRE and WOMAN: MARIE-PIERRE: (man speaking French) MARIE-PIERRE: (all laughing) MARIE-PIERRE: (man speaking French) MAN and MARIE-PIERRE: MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: MARIE-PIERRE: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MAN 2: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 2: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 1 and CÉSAR: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: (talking softly) MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL and MAN 1: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN 1: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL and MAN 1: MICHEL: CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MICHEL: (all talking) MICHEL: CÉSAR: MICHEL and CÉSAR: CÉSAR: MICHEL: CÉSAR: (Michel speaking French) CÉSAR and MICHEL: MICHEL: CÉSAR and MAN 1: MICHEL: CÉSAR: MAN 1 and CÉSAR: MICHEL: MICHEL and CÉSAR: MAN 1 and CÉSAR: MICHEL: MAN 1: MICHEL and MAN 1: MICHEL: CÉSAR: (Michel stammering) MAN 1: MAN 1 and MICHEL: MAN: (staff responds) CÉSAR: (staff responds) CÉSAR: (staff responds) CÉSAR: MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) (people talking in background) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: (staff responds) MAN: MAN: (staff responds) (pan sizzling) MAN: OSCAR: (Léa responds) OSCAR: Okay.
MAN: (staff responds) MAN: CÉSAR: MICHEL: (staff responds) MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MAN 2: MAN 1: MAN 3: Huh?
MAN 1 (repeats): (talking in background) CÉSAR: MAN: (staff responds) MICHEL: MAN: MAN 2: MICHEL: MAN: (talking in background) (talking in background) (pan sizzling) MICHEL: (pan sizzling) MAN: (Damien responds) MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL: (talking in background) MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: (staff responds) MICHEL: (talking in background) MICHEL: (talking in background) MAN: FLORIS: MAN and FLORIS: MAN: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: CÉSAR: MAN: (César responds) (people talking in background) MAN: MAN: MICHEL: (coughs) (man speaking French) MAN: (man calls for service) (man 2 calls for service) (talking in background) MICHEL: It depends, you know, because there is...
Some could be quicker if it, if it is an inspiration from...
It's always inspired, but sometime it's strongly inspired.
- (speaking softly) - Yeah, yeah.
But for example, this one is inspired by nothing.
It's just because you have an ingredients, uh, and, and you try to find something around it, you know?
Something like a composition, which at the same time is, uh...
I mean, good for your palate and good for your eyes.
And you feel it step by step, like you do, you know?
Uh, and, uh...
There's a moment for it, then you, you feel it's, it's, it is good for share the experience.
But the chance that we have is, then we, even if we serve it, for you, for example, if you tell me something about it, I can, it can give me another...
It can open my mind to a something other.
So it's never finish, at the same time.
It is finish, but it could be, you know, a little bit... - (speaks softly) - (stammering) It's always in movement, yeah.
(speaking French): This is cuisine, I mean... Yeah.
- Yeah, the wheel is going round.
- Yeah.
- Always.
- Yeah.
And I remember, once, with a dessert with meringue, it was round meringue, like that, with, inside, in each of it, there's a different fruit.
And maybe the name, I was not inspired, it was something like ten years ago.
I call him petite meringue ronde with strawberry, fruit de la passion, and vanille .
I was not happy with that because it was not enough poetic.
And a day, once, I came to a table, it was a Japanese couple, and the, the woman has a beautiful pearl... (speaking French) MAN: Collar.
- (speaks French) MAN (at other table): Necklace.
- You know?
- Necklace, sorry.
(people laughing) Thank you.
- Necklace.
And, uh, when I saw the, the necklace, because I know Japan, and I know then, the best one are made by Mikimoto, the label, I said, "Oh, is it a Mikimoto?"
And at the same moment, the server, he came, and he put the plates, it was the same, white, round, and I said, "Mikimoto," and I saw the Mikimoto on the plate, and I got the name.
The name was Mikimoto!
(laughs) (speaking French): MAN: (Michel speaking French) (man sighs, repeats in French) MICHEL: (man laughing, Michel blows out) WOMAN: - It's coming; I don't know if you have it in Germany, but, uh, we, this is, this mushroom is very tasty, and it comes in, in the spring, in the high, high grass, you know?
(Michel speaking French) (talking in background) WOMAN: If we dug into this, it would not look so beautiful.
WOMAN 2: It would not look as beautiful.
(chuckles) That's why they do it for you.
(chuckles) So at least before you destroy it, you have a moment of sublime beauty.
MAN: Is that olive oil, that drop?
SERVER: Sorry, sir?
- The drop on top?
- That's oil, that, that's right, olive oil.
(talking in background) (people laughing in background) (woman speaking French, exclaims) (people laughing in background) MICHEL: - You have here grissini with chickpeas, raspberry powder, and chili pepper, but very sweet.
Here you have, um, parmigiano pie with the betterave-- betterave worked with blueberry, saffron, and Sichuan powder.
And to the last one, you have mushroom pie with apple mustard.
- Sure, thank you.
- Enjoy-- you're welcome.
(people talking in background) (speaking French): (man murmurs) SERVER: MICHEL: MICHEL and WOMAN: MICHEL: SERVER: MAN: (people talking in background) (man speaking French) SERVER: - (speaking French) SERVER: MAN and SERVER: SERVER: WOMAN and SERVER: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and WOMAN: (woman laughs) MICHEL: (people talking in background) MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: WOMAN and MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: MAN: WOMAN and MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN: WOMAN: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: WOMAN: MICHEL: MAN: (woman coughs) MAN: WOMAN: MAN: (woman coughs) (Michel and man speaking French) MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: WOMAN and MAN: (all laughing) MICHEL: MAN: MICHEL: MAN: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: SERVER and WOMAN: WOMAN: SERVER and WOMAN: MAN: SERVER and MAN: (laughing) WOMAN: SERVER: WOMAN: SERVER and WOMAN: MAN (laughing): WOMAN: MAN: WOMAN 2: SERVER: WOMAN 1: Okay, okay.
SERVER and WOMAN 1: MAN: WOMAN 2: SERVER and WOMAN 1: MAN and WOMAN 2: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN 1: SERVER: (laughing) WOMAN 1: (woman 2 laughs) MAN: (woman 3 speaking French) SERVER and WOMAN 1: SERVER and MAN: SERVER and WOMAN 1: MAN 1 and MAN 2: MAN 3 and CÉSAR: MAN 3: CÉSAR and MAN 3: CÉSAR: SERVER: WOMAN: SERVER: SERVER and WOMAN 2: SERVER: (clears throat) WOMAN 2: SERVER: SERVER: MAN and SERVER: MAN 2: SERVER: MAN and MICHEL: MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MAN: MICHEL: (man and Michel speaking French) MICHEL: MICHEL and MAN: MICHEL: MAN and MICHEL: (Michel stammering) (laughs) MAN: MICHEL: (man and woman say no) MICHEL: (people talking in background) (man announcing order in French) (man announcing order in French) (staff responds) (man requests service) (man announcing order) (staff responds) (man announcing order) (staff responds) (staff talking in background) (man announcing order) (staff responds) (man requesting service) ♪ ♪
Birds Nests and Chocolate Capers
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Watch the meticulous detail and artistry that goes into plating some stunning desserts. (1m 21s)
At Troisgros, chefs work with quiet precision to prep the raw ingredients for the dishes. (54s)
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In this clip, César and his father Michel give discerning feedback on some menu items. (2m 33s)
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Armed with baskets, Troisgros staff members set off to gather greens for the day's menu. (2m 33s)
A Kitchen in Full Swing and a Tour
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The kitchen bustles as the orders come in, and some diners get a tour of the kitchen. (5m 23s)
Chef César Troisgros checks on the meat that is being smoked outside his restaurant. (1m 4s)
Plating with Care, and Evolving Cuisine
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Chefs work on some meticulously crafted plates, and Michel discusses evolving cuisine. (4m 15s)
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Veal brains and frogs are among the dishes being prepared in the Troisgros kitchens. (1m 13s)
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Troisgros wait staff guide diners through the complex and artistic dishes with expertise. (2m 55s)
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This Wiseman documentary follows a family, who manage three quality restaurants in France. (1m 33s)
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