Montpellier’s cultural spinal column commences with the Opéra Comédie on the Place de la Comédie and then traverses along the Esplanade (home to Musée Fabre), all the way to the Corum, the 1988 pink marble building where the second of Montpellier’s two opera houses is located.
Apart from the Opéra Berlioz, the Corum is home to Husser, a modern brasserie under the direction of wunderkind chef Frédéric Husser, who specializes in Mediterranean cuisine with a contemporary flair accompanied by exemplary regional wines.
The Corum is the permanent home of Montpellier’s National Orchestra, as well as the locale for many of the performances of the Montpellier Danse International Festival – and Husser is perfectly situated for both pre- and post-performance meals and cocktails.
One night, we dined on festively fresh salads and frites before heading upstairs to the opera house – and then returned for desserts that were the culinary equivalent of Fauvist paintings.
Designed with eye-popping Provençal colors that would make Christian Lacroix smile, Husser serves food that is as theatrical as it is delicious.
