Daï Lô, a restaurant in Beaune
Come for dinner, stay for the night.
Restaurant · Bar · Club
At 21 boulevard Saint-Jacques, in Beaune.
The place
Asia, shared
A storey above 21 Boulevard, in Beaune, is all it takes to reach Daï Lô, and another latitude. The name echoes the address: in Vietnamese, Daï Lô means “boulevard”.
Past the threshold, the light softens. On the dark walls, a vast gilded fresco lets birds and foliage run, and the gleam of the chandeliers seems to set them moving. One sits in an ochre velvet armchair, or on a midnight-blue banquette, far from the usual codes of an Asian restaurant. The old beams, for their part, have stayed: the place has known several lives before this one.
The atmosphere
The journey begins at the table
Forty-five covers, and no more. On the black lacquered tables, small lamps on gilded stems lay down their halo, and the ochre velvet of the armchairs takes the light. One dines here tête-à-tête, as readily as in a larger party.
The table
A cuisine made to be shared
The dishes arrive at the centre of the table, and the meal is composed together, as the mood takes you. Chef Claude Guillaumin, formerly of the Hostellerie de Levernois and of 21 Boulevard, draws on Vietnam and Cambodia. Sometimes from further still, as far as Taiwan or Japan. And the menu is made entirely here.
For wine, Daï Lô draws on the cellar of 21 Boulevard: several hundred wines, among them the most prestigious domaines of Burgundy.
Steamed
The bamboo baskets arrive covered. The lid is lifted, and the scent takes the whole table.
Soft
Just warm, and light, the bao's steamed bun folds over its filling, as the menu sees fit.
Piquant
The vivid red of the tuna, lifted with fresh herbs and a touch of chilli. A fine, crisp galette comes with it.
Lacquered
A dark, gleaming sauce coats the meat, lit by a thread of sesame and spring onion.
Crisp
The gold of the fry answers the freshness of the rice paper and the herbs. The little sauces go round the table.
Sharing
“Asian cuisine is, above all, a cuisine of sharing.”
The menu
À la carte
Starters
To begin
- Edamame with five-spice6
- Imperial pork rolls, nuoc cham and sweet-and-sour sauce4 pieces16
- Fresh prawn spring rolls, peanut sauce4 pieces15
- Crunchy cabbage and vegetable salad, citrus, caramelised cashews14
- Taiwanese-style basil popcorn chicken13
- Pulled pork bao, tonkatsu sauceeach7
- Spicy fried chicken bao, spicy mayoeach7
- Pork siu mai with fish roe3 pieces12
- Black Angus beef and ginger dim sum3 pieces14
- Wild prawn ha kao3 pieces14
Fish
From the sea
- Kung Pao prawns, celery, spring onions and cashew nuts very hot19
- Spicy tuna tartare hot20
- Miso-grilled yellowtail25
Meat
From the land
- Crying tiger beef hot25
- Caramelised pork20
- Peking-style duck breast, fermented plum sauce30
Sides
On the side
- Steamed rice6
- Garlic fried rice8
- Sautéed Asian mushrooms10
- Pak choi10
Desserts
A sweet note
- Frozen mochisMadagascar vanilla, mango or matcha tea, a choice of two8
- Chocolate praline bao10
- Black sesame crème brûlée12
- Roasted banana, chocolate crémeux, peanut praline12
a hot dish · prices in euros · the menu follows the seasons
Dinner ends…the night begins.
After dinner
The lights go down, the music rises, and the evening goes on.
The bar
The evening carries on
As dinner draws to a close, the bar takes over. The bartender composes his signature cocktails, and the list gives pride of place to Japanese spirits, whiskies and rums.
And on fine days, one may settle in the inner courtyard.
The club
And now, the music
On Friday and Saturday, the evening carries on into the adjoining club: a room apart, on a human scale, which can bring together nearly eighty people. The DJ sets draw on French popular song, reworked. One sings there as much as one dances, every generation together.
Karaoke evenings, on certain Thursdays, are in preparation.
Book · Find us
Hours
| Restaurant | Tuesday to Saturday, 6.30pm to 10pm |
| Club | Friday and Saturday, 10pm to 2am |
| Closed | Sunday and Monday |
Reservations
Address
21 boulevard Saint-Jacques21200 Beaune
Upstairs, above 21 Boulevard
contact@dailo-beaune.com Directions Instagram · @dailo_beaune
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