Le Chalet Restaurant: a website between grills and flavors of Japan, in Le Raincy

Two cuisines under one roof

Le Chalet Restaurant is in Le Raincy, in the Mairie neighborhood. Its menu brings together two registers: grills and meat dishes, and Japanese cuisine. There are starters such as the homemade foie gras terrine, served with toast, onion confit and fig jam, tapas such as the breaded chicken tacos, salads, including a Thai salad with chicken and avocado, side dishes such as the vegetable wok, then the signature dishes: marinated parguit, roast duck breast with spiced honey, caramelized veal ribs, beef steak or the Chalet’s chakshuka.

On the Japanese side, the menu lines up the flavors of Japan, with truffle dragon rolls and their sweet potato crispy, california and egg rolls, sashimi and sushi. The chocolate fondant, with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, is among the desserts. In the website’s images, the house is white, topped with a slate roof, with a black sign and a terrace under aniseed-green parasols.

A film that picks its cut, then enters the dining room

The homepage is a film that advances as you scroll. It opens on the house and its terrace, with “Le Raincy” in small capitals and the headline “Venez avec votre appétit.”, followed by an invitation to taste the grills and the Japanese specialties, depending on the evening’s mood. In the foreground, the wooden chest opens slightly onto a plate of grilled meat.

Next comes “Nos grillades”, with a simple question: “Quelle pièce vous ferait plaisir ?”. A frieze scrolls past the rib-eye with pepper sauce and the sliced rib of beef. The film then passes through a glass door into a dining room with violet lights, and stops in a room under a wooden frame, where panels present a signature dish, the burger with homemade ground beef and royal sauce, and the breaded chicken tacos from the tapas section.

On a smartphone, the house at full height

On a smartphone, the homepage is recomposed vertically: the “Réserver” and “Commander” buttons at the top, the logo and headline in front of the façade, and the wooden chest open on the grilled meat at the bottom of the screen. The Commander page keeps its carved wood décor, with the logo at the top left, a small chalet door to return to the homepage, full-width section frames with enlarged thumbnails and the basket bar always visible.