Le Tiguelet

Le Tiguelet is a restaurant, pizzeria and catering business at Route du Centre 3 in 1782 Belfaux, in the Fribourg region. Its catering page, headed "Traiteur à Fribourg" with the line "notre cuisine chez vous" (our cooking at your place), offers catering for 10 to 300 people and publishes a full price list: apéro platters, a pick-and-mix standing dinner, a cold buffet and 30 set menus. The footer describes the house as "une cuisine simple et généreuse, un accueil à la fribourgeoise" (simple, generous cooking and a Fribourg-style welcome).

What the catering covers

The opening paragraph lists what the team can supply: snacks for the apéritif, hot or cold starters, main courses, a cheese buffet, a dessert buffet, biscuits with coffee, drinks, and service "assuré par un personnel compétent" (provided by competent staff). Dishes from the restaurant menu, including its Malakoffs, homemade pizzas and tartare, can be adapted for events. The site links to an article on the Malakoff, which it calls one of the house specialties.

The wedding question has its own FAQ answer: "Absolument. Apéritifs, cocktails dînatoires, buffets, menus servis à table, nous concevons chaque mariage sur mesure avec vous" (absolutely: apéritifs, standing dinners, buffets, served menus, we design each wedding to measure with you).

Apéro platters

Four apéro platters are priced per person, available on site or to take away:

• Plateau N°1, CHF 13: salad buffet, 2 ham croissants, 2 prune and bacon skewers
• Plateau N°2, CHF 18: 4 assorted puff pastries, 2 smoked salmon and horseradish skewers, a prawn and avocado verrine, a slice of pizza
• Plateau N°3, CHF 23: regional charcuterie, 2 tomato and mozzarella skewers, a prawn and lime verrine, 2 Parma ham grissini, 2 pieces of sweet and savory Gâteau du Vully
• Plateau N°4, CHF 28: dried meat and Gruyère rolls, a regional platter, melon and ham, smoked salmon canapés, a vegetarian log and mascarpone and berry verrines

Pain surprise, a filled loaf, is CHF 8 per person.

Standing dinner, piece by piece

For a cocktail dînatoire, couples choose items from three lists, priced per piece or portion. From the cold buffet: pain surprise and a platter of 6 cheeses at CHF 8 each per person, tomato and mozzarella skewers at CHF 3.50, a pasta and charcuterie platter at CHF 11, prawn and avocado verrines at CHF 4.50, a smoked salmon, cheese and bacon cake at CHF 4, and a trio of salads at CHF 7. From the hot buffet: tandoori chicken skewers at CHF 5, beef skewers provençal at CHF 7, giant prawns with garlic at CHF 6, paprika pork skewers at CHF 4.50, roast potatoes with thyme at CHF 3 and bread rolls at CHF 2. Desserts include mini cream puffs at CHF 3, berry and mascarpone verrines and chocolate pavé at CHF 6, raspberry panna cotta at CHF 4 and baklava at CHF 4.

Cold buffet and Menu du Chef

A complete "Buffet froid" costs CHF 59 per person: puff pastries and pain surprise for the apéritif; a cold starter of regional specialties (air-dried ham, dried meat, game terrine, Gruyère), an avocado and smoked salmon verrine, garlic prawns and a trio of salads; slow-cooked pork fillet with honey and mustard, gratin dauphinois, vegetables and perch fillet fritters; and raspberry panna cotta. The page notes that drinks and service are not included in that price.

The "Menu du Chef" at CHF 49 per person is a raw vegetable salad with Parmesan and ham with garlic bread, a skewer of pork fillet with rösti croquettes and vegetables, and a passion fruit and mango dessert.

The 30 set menus

The site lists 30 three-course menus, "de la formule bistrot à la table gastronomique" (from bistro fare to a gastronomic table), priced from CHF 32 to CHF 69 per person. A few examples show the range:

• Menu 01, CHF 32: tomato and onion salad, breaded chicken escalope with buttered pasta and spinach, cassata
• Menu 09, CHF 35: pumpkin and ginger soup, Zurich-style sliced veal with rösti and green beans, vermicelles with cream
• Menu 20, CHF 47: chicken liver terrine with onion jam, beef fillet with béarnaise, potatoes Anna and tomatoes provençal, a plate of petits fours
• Menu 27, CHF 58: pan-fried scallops, veal fillet with morels and fresh tagliatelle, vanilla and raspberry mille-feuille
• Menu 29, CHF 65: pan-fried foie gras with apple, beef fillet Rossini, iced Grand-Marnier soufflé
• Menu 30, CHF 69: smoked duck carpaccio with Parmesan and rocket, breaded veal escalope with two sesames, crème brûlée with pineapple sorbet

Two vegetarian menus follow. Menu 32, CHF 34, is a porcini cream soup, tofu piccata with pesto, spaghetti and garlic zucchini, and a mango parfait. Menu 33, CHF 36, is a raw vegetable and mushroom salad, a soy cordon bleu with tomato sauce, sautéed potatoes and saffron vegetables, and a fresh fruit salad with mint and rum. The page adds that it will gladly adapt a menu to be vegetarian, gluten-free or made to measure.

Practical terms

The FAQ gives the rest:

• Diets: vegetarian, gluten-free, allergies and religious preferences can be accommodated; the page asks for them to be flagged when requesting the quote.
• Chef at home: a chef can come to cook and serve at the client's place in the Fribourg region, "comme au restaurant" (as in the restaurant).
• Delivery: to Fribourg, Belfaux, the Sarine district and surrounding communes, with delivery charged on quote according to distance and volume.
• Quotes: a reply within 48 hours. To ask for one, send an email to skacorov@gmail.com or call 026 475 11 11 with the number of guests, the date and the kind of service wanted.
• Lead time: at least 2 to 3 weeks for an event, and more for weddings.

The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday from 06:00 to 23:00 and on Sunday from 07:00 to 18:00.

What the site leaves open

The page gives prices for the food but not for staff, except to say that the cold buffet price excludes drinks and service. Couples should ask what service costs for a served menu, whether tableware and linen are supplied, and what a wedding lead time "davantage" (longer) actually means. The site states no deposit or cancellation terms. It is published in French only and says nothing about English. It also does not say how far beyond the Fribourg region the team will travel for a wedding.

Who it suits

Le Tiguelet suits couples marrying in or around Fribourg who want to budget from real prices before the first call. With 30 set menus, 4 apéro platters and itemized buffets, a couple can sketch a wedding meal on paper, then ask for a quote. The range runs, in the site's words, from bistro fare to a gastronomic table, with the upper menus reaching foie gras, scallops and beef Rossini.

The caveats are the French-only site, the unpublished service costs, and a delivery area that the page defines around Fribourg, so a couple marrying further away should confirm first.