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2006-11-01
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We tried the tasting menu while chez Pierre Gagnaire was still in town. As the earlier review said, Mr Gagnaire's daring use of ingredients and combinations of such is certainly an eye-opener. The amuse-bouche serves sort of like a sampler of the courses across different tastes and textures. That certainly set the tunes for the entire evening. For the tasting menu we have a series of food pairings served at the same time. Sense of fusion's been felt throughout the course, but in a subtle way. Th
The amuse-bouche serves sort of like a sampler of the courses across different tastes and textures. That certainly set the tunes for the entire evening.
For the tasting menu we have a series of food pairings served at the same time. Sense of fusion's been felt throughout the course, but in a subtle way. The first course - a "vegetable jelly" - reminds me remotely of "和果子", and slices of nori are served with "bulots facon bretonne" , that's whelk, in layman term.
The main course is veal - nothing out-of-the-scale spectacular, but he did a nice job.
Dessert - a la pierre gagnaire fashion - never dissapoints. First there's the petit fours - a platter of "things" with tastes of sweetness, sourness, bitterness and spiciness (yes, it's a sorbet with a hint of chili!) How thoughtful. Then a dessert served in a martini glass with stuff of different textures - caramel sweets, marshmallow and alike.
Service's great and not stuffy. We've had bad experiences at Amber where the staff frantically memorised everything about the menu and spat that out word by word without knowing what they actually meant. But and nothing like this at pierre. Sommelier is knowledgeable and friendly - can count on them making recommendation. A decent list of half-bottle selections - which is more suitable for dinner for 2 anyway.
Over the dinner we overheard a couple behind us commenting adversely about everything from the special "cup" used in one of the courses to the lentils mixing with foie gras. For that my only advice is - don't come if you do not possess an open mind.
Btw, the menu's $1200. it's roughly half the price as the typical degustation dinner menu at a Michelin 3-star restaurant in Paris. Well, it's by no means cheap eat, but you will know it's the best deal in town once you can compare when l'atelier de joel robuchon opens at Landmark.
What a lovely evening!
张贴