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Le Rouge, Stockholm
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2008-05-07 16:29:34
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With its rich, red interior, Le Rouge restaurant
in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan (Old Town) is a delicious fusion of a
maharaja’s tent, red-light-district boudoir and aristocratic grandeur.
It is not called Moulin Rouge, but it could be. The entire concept is
dramatic with lush drapery, ornamental tableware and lighting fixtures
oozing with bling and tassels.
Le Rouge is the latest addition
to the F12 restaurant empire owned by two chefs, Melker Andersson and
Danyel Couet. The chefs interpret classic French and Italian cuisine in
Le Rouge using fresh Swedish ingredients. The 125–seat Le Rouge
occupies two adjacent buildings, spreads over three-stories and 1,200
square-metres, and includes a dining room, bar, lounge and private
rooms. The concept comes from the talented masters of Gothenburg’s Stylt
Trampoli AB who were using storytelling as a tool to create and
stage-direct restaurants, hotels and resorts long before storytelling
became a design cliché. By Tuija Seipell
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