# The best Lyon specialities

The dishes and sweets of Lyon, the capital of gastronomy, served in its bouchons: the list that comes up in every guide to Lyon specialities. Dishes, not addresses.

- 68 votes · 15 items
- Oct 23, 2024 · Sophie Faure
- https://even.best/en/l/591/the-best-lyon-specialities

## Top 10

1. **Quenelle with Nantua sauce** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Flour, egg and pike dumpling poached and baked in crayfish sauce.
2. **Cervelle de canut** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Whipped fresh cheese with herbs, garlic and shallot, the 'silk weaver's brain'.
3. **Tablier de sapeur** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Tripe marinated in white wine, breaded and fried, with gribiche sauce.
4. **Saucisson brioché** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Sausage baked in brioche dough.
5. **Rosette de Lyon** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Dry pork sausage, emblem of Lyon charcuterie.
6. **Andouillette lyonnaise** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Veal andouillette with mustard.
7. **Bugnes** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Carnival fritters dusted with sugar.
8. **Salade lyonnaise** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Frisée, bacon lardons, croutons and a poached egg.
9. **Brioche aux pralines** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Brioche with pink pralines, popularised in Saint-Genis-Laval.
10. **Gratin dauphinois** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The bouchon classic, from neighbouring Dauphiné.
11. **Tarte aux pralines** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Shortcrust with pink pralines melted in cream.
12. **Bresse chicken with morels** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — AOP poultry from Bresse cooked with cream and morels, a classic of the great Lyon restaurants.
13. **Saint-Marcellin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small creamy cow's milk cheese from Dauphiné, essential on the Lyon plateaus.
14. **Gratons Lyonnais** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried and crispy pieces of pork fat, served as an aperitif in corks.
15. **Coussin de Lyon** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Chocolate and curaçao almond paste shaped like a green cushion.

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