Second Month-Final Final Report
OK, so l have one more. Someone dragged me kicking and screaming to a ** and l did not fight back enough. Went to Michel Rostang for their special 94€ lunch with wine, and really great wine it was, water, and coffee, plus the meal. Amuse after little tasting things was a soup of celeriac on shredded beets, very deep and good. Next were the entrees, lobster chunks on haricot verte and cepes in a pastry shell with a mousse center, both perfectly prepared and served beautifully. Plats were for my companion veal kidneys, well executed and mine was the reason l did not fight too hard; Quenelles de Brochet with sauce Nantua; The portion was the size of a giant baked idaho and the sauce had lots of lobster chunks. With it came their famous two way rice, some streamed, some crispy, and a superb gratin dauphinois which comes in a huge container and they dole it out as often as you wish. Now back to the Quenelles, they were the the ones of my dreams. Totally wonderful, hot as blazes and crispy and reduced on the edges. Desserts were not great, coffee and mignardaises were. Great last meal, and would go back for the Quenelle anytime. 189 €/2
Delucacheesemonger
Nov 04, 2009 04:01PM
Thanks for the tip. This sounds like it should be on my list for the next trip to Paris. I've had a lot of fun reading your reports.
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189/2=89,50€, not 94.
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Should probably be €198 (94x2) ;o)
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Believe me, it was 189€.
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Sorry but you are both mistaken. 189/2 = 94.50. 2 X 94 = 188. Maybe the OP just left off the fraction.
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Yes, l left off the fraction, this is food not math. As you can see from Souphie's calculations
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Thanks for the report--now I know what to order when I visit Rostang for the first time later this month. What were the desserts you didn't like? From other posts I get the impression you're a demanding judge in the dessert department ;)
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We had the Havana cigar and the soufflé aux noisettes. They weren't bad, but they're not great (icecreams were actually bad), and you've eaten that much, an OK dessert is not particularly useful. I'll substitute cheese next time. The mignardises are good -- mostly they're lovely to look at.
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mmmmm, soufflé aux noisettes surely sounds delicious. too bad.
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"....you've eaten that much, an OK dessert is not particularly useful. I'll substitute cheese next time. The mignardises are good -- mostly they're lovely to look at...."
This is my reaction to many upscale meals. Less really can be more. IMHO it is really an individual function of how much you can comfortably consume and appreciate.
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It sure is. But Rostang is among those with the biggest portions and the least interesting desserts. Funnily enough, it probably shares that distinction with Briffard. Alléno is probably at the opposite end of the range, with portions that leave me hungry and food that leaves me bored, and then extraordinary desserts.
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Not so demanding, as not real fan of sweets. Yes chocolate chaud at Genin or the gone Constantin-Steiger, big yes to Kouigh Aman at Rue de Abessess 'Au Grenier du Pain', but not much for whipped cream, millefueilles, eclairs, etc. Even ice creams lately seems the tart sorbets get my attention way more than the rich creams, except Berthillon reglisse.
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