Le Petit Pois et L'Oignon Nouveau |
I have already posted about this
beautiful hotel in the Loire Valley in France – here.
Being a Relais & Chateau hotel the restaurant was Michelin starred so we
decided to have dinner there as a special treat.
The meal was spectacular. We had the 99 Euro
degustation menu – this was a real splurge
The dishes we had were just fab – for a
change I picked the right things from a menu.
Le Petit Pois et L'Oignon Nouveau – onion
flan in a pea coulis with pan fried langoustine – the presentation was
spectacular and the pastry on top with the blobs on was divine.
John Dory with avocados. Tartare sauce perfumed with coriander and
spider crab cream.
Organic chicken cooked with sweet Vouvray
and with mushroom ravioli (morels)
Then a choice of salad or a cheese plate
– we went with the cheese option
Chocolate dessert with a passionfruit sorbet |
Dessert was a choice of Candied peach
with apricot sorbet or a Chocolate dessert with a passionfruit sorbet – I did
the chocolate one which had the most amazing tuile on top. My better half had the peach which was topped
with an incredible crisp sort of brandy snap.
Candied peach with apricot sorbet |
In addition to the menu items there were
several sorts of amuse bouches at different times: a little square of avocado
and salmon, a little boat with a mousse in it, gazpacho in a cute little cup -
a bit spicy. Bread rolls with choice of salted or unsalted butter.
All the food was superb – the service was
fab too
We didn't finish dinner until about 10ish
(having started at 7.30) – but the meal didn't actually feel drawn out at all.
OH.MY.WORD. That food looks TANTALIZING. Eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant is on my travel bucket list and for a foodie I have no doubt the $$$ is worth it.
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