The service was excellent and the food was brilliant. We were also quite surprised at how…read morereasonable the prices were, given that this café is in a popular location of a tourist town, serving huge portions of delicious, gourmet food. Everything we ordered was 5 times larger than we expected, yet made with dedicated care and attention to flavours and ingredients. I could hardly finish my entrée, let alone the main course! And yet it was all so tasty it nearly made me cry not to eat it. This place is great and I highly recommend it.

Cafe de la paix is an institution in Perpignan but I only tried the food for the first time…read morerecently. I was there as part of a birthday party on a Saturday night and the restaurant was packed. There were other groups as well and people kept coming in and asking for a table until about 11! The menu offers a large choice of starters, pasta, pizzas and mains such as meat, fish and skewers. I opted for a salmon and scallops skewer. Considering it was a busy night and we were a group, I would say the food arrived quickly and the 14 of us were able to start eating altogether without waiting too long for everyone's food to arrive. My skewer was served with a side of linguini and vegetable julienne. I was not enthused by either of them, especially compared with the deliciously creamy gratin dauphinois that accompanied the duck magret on the plate opposite me! That said, the salmon was perfectly cooked and the scallops were just right as well, a little on the underdone side. For dessert, we all had the birthday cake which was an Opera: a thin layer of sponge cake with crispy praline and chocolate mousse on top. The cake was fabulous but the slices we got were double or three times the serving we would have eaten had we cut it ourselves. Most of us could not finish it... So beware, keep space for dessert! The service was friendly but a tiny bit rude sometimes. For a busy night this can be understandable though, but not excused so that's 4 stars for Cafe de la Paix!

The foodtruck craze has not avoided France, even in Perpignan we are starting to find our own food…read moretruck options. Torcatis foodtruck has been operating for a few months already and I had the chance to order from them a couple of times. The black foodtruck can be found on route d'Elne, not far from the cinema complex Mega Castillet from Tuesday to Saturday for lunch from 11:30 to 15:00 and from 19:00 to 22:30 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for dinner. This foodtruck offers burgers and from the buns to the ketchup, everything is homemade. That should explain the prices, which are understandly higher than your regular fast food restaurant. It is totally worth it! They also have homemade desserts but to be fair, I have not tried them so I will focus on the burger deal: burger + fries for 8€. The soft bun is covered in poppy seeds. It is the best burger bun I have ever tasted, it could almost have it on its own, it reminds me of a brioche but not as sweet. The burger itself is a "butcher style" ground steak, and you can choose how you want it cooked by the way! The toppings are unusual and also of great quality. I think their inspiration came from a little book called l'Atelier du Hamburger de Big Fernand... the combinations are great, and they even made their Christmas burger special a regular on the menu! It is called the Torca'Rossini and has foie gras and caramelised onions in it... Mmmm! One downside to the Torca truck is that they are quite slow... If you order around lunch time, count at least 30 minutes for your burger to be ready. I guess that's again a sign that they take good care making their food, but it's worth knowing so that you can plan ahead... this is not fast food! I hope Torcatis foodtruck stays around... I find good old fasioned burgers hard to find in this corner of the world!