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Image Credit: This bright modern bistro is the HQ of Frenchman Charles Thuillant and Korean Mi-Ra, a globetrotting couple who met in Ze Kitchen Gallery, a mecca of French-Asian cuisine. But it was ultimate in Deauville, where Charles spent his holidays as a child, that they opened their own restaurant. Together, they conjure up vibrating, lively fishes in which Normandy country produced is melded with perfectly judged Asian influences, for example marinated fish in a mango-passion fruit seasoning; wagyu beef, smoked juice, samsang; nodi marini pasta, oyster, wakam, crunchy veggies... Spot-on service and a modern, cozy interior.