Exotic delicatessens Rhône-Alpes

In Lyon, we love pigs, we love ham. But let's face it, the best ham in the world is Spanish. For exceptional hams, head for ^{Bellota-Bellota®}. Iberian pata negra pigs graze in the Dehesa, meadows where pigs feed on acorns. Sliced, whole with bone, reserve..., hams with a unique taste, charcuterie and exceptional meats: fayet, chorizo, lomo, pluma... A warm welcome and invaluable advice at this counter, grocery store and restaurant. Quality Spanish products: oils, cheeses and seafood. Sandwiches and tasting platters on site. Online shopping, click&collect and home delivery. Pleasures to share.

Opposite the Halles Sainte-Claire, in a city open to the flavors of the world, GreCnoble takes us on a journey to the shores of the Mediterranean. An impeccable presentation for this Greek delicatessen offering products full of sunshine and Mediterranean flavors from Greece. This is where you'll find high-quality bulk extra virgin olive oil at reasonable prices, Kalamata olives, dairy products including delicious feta, seafood and Cretan products. GreCnoble also offers takeaway dishes, such as eggplant stuffed with vegetables, and wines to discover. Smiling welcome and sound advice.

Djebraïl Bahadourian set up shop in La Guillotière in 1929. Over the years, Bahadourian has become the benchmark for "exotic" delicatessen products. Whether you visit the rue Villeroy space, which houses a restaurant, or the boutique at Les Halles, you'll be captivated by the flavors from elsewhere, presented like colorful paintings: spices, condiments, herbs, oils, vinegars, coffees, teas, jams, dried fruits, pastries, wines and spirits... A thousand and one delicacies in this Ali Baba's cave.

At La Cocina, an Iberian enclave on a particularly gourmet Strasbourg street, you feel like you're in a Spanish market. Each product offers a wonderful opportunity to travel and indulge. Starting with the charcuterie, which is a regular delight, with the famous Pata Negra ham or the lesser-known Fuet, a Catalan dry sausage, whole or sliced chorizo... Not forgetting the oils, condiments and wines that will brighten up your table. Every day, La Cocina offers home-cooked dishes prepared by a Spanish chef. And let's not forget the tapas you can enjoy with a wine... from Spain. A Cocina that retains all its original flavours.

Homemade chocolates are well known at the round, and this is justified. This year, the shop celebrates its thirty years, and these specialties will be honoured. Salmon, an unavoidable symbol of brivadois, is black chocolate with orange, which evokes the flesh of salmon. We will also be delighted to find the chocolate of the dentellière, a chocolate praline with a caramélisée kernel, a small spindle is represented on it. Finally in summer, the Marquis's cake is unavoidable. In homage to La Fayette, it is a success that continues from year to year, mixing raspberries, tumbling down and almond cream… And as in addition to finding quality products, one is always greeted with the same kindness, how not to want to return once the opportunity presents itself. Provided that it lasts!

Haitian-born Vanette, head of LT Traiteur, offers a takeaway service, on-site dining and the chance to celebrate one Saturday a month. The menu features dishes inspired by exotic cuisine, which can be ordered for receptions, business lunches or intimate dinners. Meal trays, cocktails or large-scale events, she can do it all, including making you dance! So if you're a lover of spices and nostalgic for your last trip to the West Indies, head for LT Traiteur.

An establishment that does not pay a mine, but where you are advised to enter. This grocery-caterer specialized in recipes and products from the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and Latin America is not in the trend. But if the Malagasy cuisinière that created this place does not have the sense of decoration, it guarantees a home, good and cost… which is enough to satisfy its faithful, who store and freeze! The price of its emporter menus is low, as it is only furnaces at the counter. Cary pig favourite, boucané sausage, sanitary pistachio, Creole sausage, acras acras, sweet peppers, coconut chicken or tandoori chicken wing… it's time to make your taste buds travel! The grocery store is in a bazaar, but there are a lot of things there.

No need to go to St. Petersburg to enjoy a good Russian tea. Just enter this fine Épicerie grocery store, the banks of Baikal. You can choose from a wide range of flavours, such as spécialité, lemon, orange, grapefruit and mandarin, with the fragrant scents of this drink of the czars. But you can also taste sweet delicacies such as Zefirs, black chocolate nappées, or Skazka, fine chocolate wafers and caramel. The salted dishes offered are specialities from all over Russia that were traditionally served in the Trans Siberian region. Nice choice of vodkas, wines from Romania or Hungary and the possibility of composing gift baskets. Bon voyage.

At this Italian caterer, specialist in fresh pasta, you can buy or taste locally. A nice restaurant is open on the back of a small garden. Ideal for a break at noon or to discover Italian cuisine in the evening but only on weekends on Friday. The shop does not pay a mine, but there are many good things: fresh pasta, garantis guaranteed ravioli, cheese and meats, delicious bresaola chiffonnade and a selection of wines. For a drink between friends or improvised entry, antipasti are legion, classic vegetables marinated with watering involtini, rolls of Italian ham with white cheese and prunes. Lasagna, cannelloni, tiramisu house… A feast for lovers of Italy.

Oh, Italian cuisine! All its flavours, colors and smells that remind us so many memories of holiday, sun! You will find all these impressions in this small shop located in the pedestrian street, of course rue d'Italia. There are white polenta, olive oil from Tuscany, olive oil per litre which arrives in large pots, rice to simmer the risotto, the fortified wines, the truffles. At the cutting, charcuterie and cheese, the waitress even displays the italian colours on her deck. The proposed amarettis are available.

Looking for a change of scenery or to reconnect with Latin America? Go to rue du Port to find the store created by Graciela Suarez, originally from Colombia, and Bertrand Romain. Faced with the difficulty of finding Colombian products in Auvergne, they decided to remedy this by opening a specialized grocery store. Savory and sweet food products, condiments, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, coffee: specialties from different Latin American countries are displayed on the shelves. The offer is completed by handicrafts (leather goods, jewelry...). Do not hesitate to ask for some explanations and advice. On the Facebook page, you will find small recipes to try and taste!

Lyon and Italy have a long history, and Tacca's Halles de Lyon is the perfect place to savor the finest Italian products and take-away dishes, all homemade of course. A choice of stuffed ravioli, homemade arancini, pasta - including Rustichella d'Abruzzo - and fresh pasta in many varieties and sauces. You'll go wild for the fresh tagliatelle, cooked directly from the wheel of Parmesan cheese. Charcuterie, fresh produce direct from Italy and must-have groceries like balsamic vinegars. Tacca will delight you.

A corner of sun and sea... a corner of sun and sea in this grocery store that has become, over the years, the meeting place for lovers of Portuguese gastronomy. Pieces of hake, red mullet, sea bream for bouillabaisse, squid, cockles, horse mackerel for grilling, but also cod acras. In the shop you can find whole salted and dried cod, suckling pig fritters, olive oil, chorizo, sardines... But also many wines, delicatessen and cheeses from the Ardèche.

Eating local is great. But sometimes you can treat yourself to a little (or a lot...) extra by buying products from the USA, Canada, the UK or Australia! A must for expats and the curious in search of different tastes. An incredible choice for this Anglo-Saxon grocery store - you can already hear the " amazing " when you enter this self-service store where you're always greeted with a friendly welcome: flavoured drinks for every taste, maple syrup, cookies (and maple syrup cookies!), sauces, beans, peanut butter, bread for burgers or bagels, candies or poutine. Over 2,000 references at this unusual address.

An oriental grocery that's part of Grenoble's gourmet heritage. Founded in 1975 by an Armenian family, Arax is an institution. The range of products on offer at Arax has broadened, even if the Orient still occupies pride of place. A family-run grocery store where it's easy to find the advice you need to discover the products you need to make a particular dish or a successful aperitif. Quality products, whether it's a Greek feta to liven up our summer salad or a tin of Petrossian caviar for the festive season. Arax is the kingdom of spices, olives and pastries for all your tastes. Wines of the world.

All Italy within your reach with good products. Groceries, fresh vegetables, fruit (lemons, oranges…) but also Italian products with the green, white, red flag. Olive oil, wine, pasta, rice, spices, cakes, tomato sauces. A radius of cheese at the cutting and an outlet of Italian charcuterie. The sausages made home to the fennel are delicious and delicately perfumed. Get roasted at barbecue. A charming teller and a nice delicatessen!

After 15 years living in Reunion Island, Christelle and Sébastien have opened an exotic grocery store in the heart of the city. In a musical atmosphere, they propose Creole products (Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana...) allowing to realize dishes with the true tropical flavors. Reunionese recipe book available. Also crafts, jewelry, Malagasy spices, canned goods, beer, rum, punches, frozen products including chicken, fish, pork, fish samoussas, cheese samoussas. Arrivals: chilli sweets, chicken combava caps...