So our friends, who live a tripartite life in Italy, France and the USA said we'll go to one of Colette's top 3, nothing else. So back we went with a light heart to Louis in the 9th, and it blew us out of the water, again, once again. Stephane Pitre doesn't let grass grow under his feet; he's ever in motion. There are 2 menus at lunch (3 courses for 32 E and 6 for 48 E) and we've been doing one each to get all the choices.
First of course we order some wine, then are presented with 3 pre-amuse bouches (the most astonishing, a meringue "cigarette" with grains of mustard) and the amuse itself - a lighter than air concoction.
and then for our firsts Madame brought out what looked like a coffee or tea brewer but no, it was a bouillon below cooking slowly, with divine pieces of foie gras above - our spouses had to put up with not so bad parsnip and salmon and matcha mousses.
Then came the mains: the most divine (wait, I already used that term, oh well) Spring lamb not 5 year old mutton, with squash, yogurt with a moroccan spice (Ras el Hanout my N. African food tour leader/expert tells me) and mint; uncooked mushrooms slices on line-caught cod (wait a minute, where did that come from?); and pieces of a paleron of beef with broccolini and ?cabbage and a warm oyster with whole cracked nuts - whoa! And then, what?
For a "pre-dessert", the chef sent out some frigo rouge (whatever that is) on top of figs and cream; our real desserts were chocolate squares with yuzu and Guanaja chocolate with vanilla and Burgundy truffles. Man oh man!
With coffee came wonderful mignardises and from the chef himself - eau de vielle prunes. A great topping for a fine meal. Life is good.
Our bill with two bottles and a glass of wine, two coffees and the prune (offered) was 220 E, thus 110 E per couple.
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