Froggies at the Timber Batts, School Lane, Bodsham Green, Kent (01233 750237
The name is the owner's joke, and Loire-born Joel Gross still has a good sense of humour after 10 years' cooking in this quaint country pub down a windy Kentish lane. People seek out his no-nonsense cooking. 'I call a fish a fish,' he says, and there's plenty of it in the summer months, simply grilled with olive oil and French rock salt. Moules frites make a great snack at £9 and there's no charge for baguettes, or for bringing your dog. Profiteroles and tarte tatin are typical desserts. A lovely, relaxing place.

Comme ça, 67 Broyle Road, Chichester, West Sussex (01243 788724)
Book well ahead to get a table at this former Georgian inn near the theatre, for its fame is established as a thoroughly French outpost, complete with covered patio and sunken garden.

The menu offers calves' liver and bacon, frog's legs with garlic, rabbit with mustard sauce - and many others with a more modern tinge. A three-course lunch costs £20.95; Sundays are madly popular family occasions. Ma Cuisine, 6 Whitton Road, Twickenham (020 8607 9849) Next door to the original McClements, with a menu half the price, Ma Cuisine revels in John McClements' own estimable cooking. That is, cassoulet, home-made boudin noir, caramelised pork belly, coq au vin, creme brulee and, yes, even crepes suzettes. A good dinner here costs around £30 'with lots of French wine'. West Londoners are thrilled with the place.