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| - Okay, even am surprised at the score that I am giving. It really is a 4/12 stars. Given the reviews for this place I was surprised that not all the dishes were to my liking. Don't get me wrong, they were all good, but for what your paying for, my friend and I had the 13 course menu, which is $360 per person, I would have expected all the dishes to "wow" my taste buds. The services is exceptional and the presentation of the dishes were all pretty and inventive. As it was mentioned somewhere, they have foam on top of everything. The funny comment this older couple, whom I think we food snobs, said, "foam is so 2000."
The tasting menu that evening consisted of:
* La Sangria - Frosty little pearls on top of fruit juice perfumed with blood orange and orange flower water
* Le Caviar - Cauliflower jelly, rich flan perfumed with asparagus, thin slices of warm scallops with lime zest
* Les Crustaces - Truffled langoustine ravioli, lobster under warm gelee and coral jus, crawfish with arbois sauce and baby spring vegetables
* Les Petit Pois - Light peas cream and mint on top of delicate sweet onion custard
* L'Oursin - Sea urchin, potato pure with a hint of coffee
* L'Amada - Crispy amadai in a lily bulb broth
* Le Bar - Pan-fried skin on sea bass with five spices served with verjus sauce
* Les Morilles - Morels and green asparagus, garlic and shaved parmesan
* Le Baeuf de Kob - Grilled Kobe beef with watercress tempura, horseradish mustard
* L'Epeautre - Sault farrow prepared risotto style, gold leaf
* Le Punch - Old rum punch, exotic sorbet
* Pom.Pom.Pom - apple compote perfumed with vanilla and hazelnut praline
* Le Caf ou le Th - escort de mignardises
The dishes which didn't "wow" me were the La Sangria, Les Petit Pois, and L'Oursin. Other than that, the rest were exceptional. The Kobe beef was flown in from Kobe, Japan. This was my favorite dish, as the beef just melted in my mouth. I can still remember the taste of the meat and fat, as it dissolved in my mouth. The Pom.Pom.Pom, also came with a side apple sorbet, which tasted like a virgin green apple martini.
At the end of the, after spending over $1000, they give each guest a take come pastry and a menu of the menu. Ours was a lemon cake which was divine.
They do request that you wear a jacket, but the the Mary's sitting several tables in front of me didn't have any. But at the price your paying, I guess they won't turn away a paying customer who isn't dressed properly.
Was it worth the experience, yes it was. Now I have no regrets of thinking, " i should have went there", if I never did.
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