
under the light
a shadow is emerging
the kitchen is imaginary
arborescence
Path


Arborescence is the path of our thought. It is seen as a walk that would never end, with a thousand possible ramifications. Arborescence is a free place whose history is full of roots. A history that resembles that of plants... complex, traveling, creative. Arborescence is our mental garden, our dreamy nature.
Crossed memories

Félix Robert The son of a French teacher and a professor at the Beaux-Arts, he grew up in Steenvoorde, in the north of France, where he would take care of the vegetable garden of the house. It was in this alchemy of plants and poetry that the idea of cooking appeared. First a pastry chef at Alexandre Gauthier, in La Grenouillère, Félix perfected his training by working on fish and sauces at Troisgros and at Ryugin, in Tokyo, Japan. During all these years, the idea of opening his own restaurant never left him. Meeting Nidta, at the hotel school in Le Touquet, only strengthened this desire.
Nidta Robert Prathum Born in Thailand, in Uttaradit, in the north of the country, Nidta has lived in France since 2008. Orphaned at the age of fourteen, she decided to throw herself into studies to give herself the means for a great destiny. She studied hard, won a scholarship and moved to France where she met Félix. Having grown up on a farm where rice was grown as well as many varieties of fruit, she learned early on to breathe and taste the plants, roots and fruits around her. This meticulous memory prepared her to learn to be a sommelier, for five years at La Grenouillère and then at the University of Wine in Suze-la-Rousse.
Arborescence was born from an encounter, from the crossed memories of two individuals.

Imaginary kitchen
Our cuisine is imaginary... a blend of tastes and ideas intimately linked, an abstract alchemy. The words are whispered, the flavors are precise, they resonate with each other in balances as in contrasts. We eat them together, they bewitch and nourish our soul. Iodine, transparency, cloud, shadow, moonlight, flowering, warmth... our cuisine chooses words in search of lightness and fragility.

Three stories, three menus
Pensée 110 € Watch the water rise gently while feasting on shells. Guess strange scents and, in the distance, see a glow. Contemplate a cloud and let your taste buds be dizzy. Imagined menu, ingredients to discover.
Songe 140 € Follow the waves with your eyes, until you get lost in them and turn everything upside down. Crispy shellfish then get drunk on an unknown smoke. Swim in spicy water among light and dark reflections. Give in to lightness, meditate on a last bite. Scallops, shiitake, lobster, pollack, trout roe, matured beef, milk, blackberry…
Rêve 180 € To bite into a wonderful sailor, just before the rising tide. To delight in a warmth and to refresh oneself with water and foam. To run aground on an island to taste the distant sediments. A shadow passes, while an ancient recipe is being prepared. To remember a sweetness and to count the thousand and one leaves. Oyster, caviar, scallops, sea urchin, mushroom, langoustine, pollock, trout eggs, pigeon, pear, sweetbreads, rice, blackberry…
Strolls Menu of supplements Langoustine water - 25 euros Vegetable gyoza - 20 euros Pigeon and its shadow - 25 euros Laab of sweetbreads - 25 euros Oryzae - 12 euros
Nidta invites you to accompany this experience with a selection of wines from the work of trusted winegrowers, as well as creatively prepared non-alcoholic drinks :
Food and wine 3 glasses, €55
Food and wine 6 glasses, €105
Alcohol-free 5 creations, €65
Each menu is a story made of memories and landscapes, tenderness and poetry.
Each menu tells stories from here, fables from elsewhere and ultimately takes us somewhere on the edge of reality.
The meal becomes narration, it becomes fiction.
Menus narrated




Choose the moment
We welcome you at lunchtime from Friday to Sunday, and in the evening from Wednesday to Sunday.
For reservations of more than 6 people, please contact us by email at contact@r-arborescence.com
Our cuisine is inspired by seafood and it is therefore difficult to discover our world by completely depriving yourself of it. For the respect of all our guests, we recommend not to come with your young children. Thank you for your understanding.

To offer is to open a door to the unexpected, a suspended moment where flavors come to life. Each plate is a poem, and each shared moment becomes a precious memory. With our gift vouchers, offer much more than a meal: offer an experience. A sensory stroll in the heart of our cuisine, where local products meet the creativity of our chef. A table set to celebrate authenticity and refinement, in an atmosphere where elegance blends with simplicity. Make smiles bloom, offer a culinary escape.
Hidden place
ADDRESS
The restaurant is discreetly located
in the former Edgar textile site not far from the station.
No neon, no sign. Let yourself be guided instead
by the path of plants and the ringing of bells.
76, Gare Street
59170 - CROSS
Metro : Croix - Center
Station : Croix - Wasquehal
PARKING
Parking is available just
in front of the restaurant
by Ogiers Street.
GPS coordinate
Latitude 50.6770254,
Longitude 3.1418212
HOURS OF OPERATION
Lunches : Friday to Sunday
Dinners : Wednesday to Sunday
Noon : 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Evening : 7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.


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Address
76, Gare Street
59170 - CROSS