Well, Daniel Rose never ceases to surprise and amaze at Spring in the 1st. Today, Colette insisted I shoot the flower arrangements but I was equally taken with the batch of pleurottes Daniel Eddy aka Daniel 2 was working on as well as the green asparagus Daniel 1 was peeling; both appeared soon on our plates.
The array of firsts was enough to get any meal off to a roaring start; huge oysters, an urchin on a bed of pureed Jerusalem artichoke, scallops and the classic halved radishes with salted butter.
Then a big lovely sauteed langoustine tail on a bed of green asparagus with juliened white asparagus slivers and herbs.
At first when we were asked whether we'd prefer guinea hen or sweetbreads for our mains, I thought it was a joke, but no, for the first time since I've been coming, there was a choice and since all four of us tried both, which both came with a delicate anchovy sauce to the side, I must say, I'd be sorely tested to say which was better.
As usual, though, he offered ample desserts; poached pears, yogurt with pistachio, lemon tarte and a mini-Pavlova.
With two bottles of Le Vignoble d'Elian, from the Côtes du Marmandais, no bottled water, his fine rolls, superior butter and four coffees, our bill was 244 E, thus 122 E a couple.
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