We were greeted with an amuse bouch of vegetable and cheese parcels and selected the Les Foncanelles dry white wine from the South of France.
We chose six escargots for starters, fabulous presentation with pesto, hazelnuts and garlic. Sadly very bland and disappointing !
Main courses were slow cooked lamb with apricots, the most tender lamb ever and yes the apricots did work and fillet of hake with a citrus fruit marinade with chips, soft with no bones.
Before I start you need to understand that I consider Michel Roux Senior as my all time favorite living chef , so I felt at some stage shouting "where is the sauce chef".
Verdict : service was excellent, restaurant clean, Edif Piaf in the background. Presentation perfect and menu choice good.
Sadly everything for me was too delicate. I prefer to be punched hard in the face with flavours, however that is me. On a positive you could take any guest here and not be disappointed.
Then the trio of chocolate desserts arrived and gave a full knock out punch. One of the greatest finishes to a meal for a very long time and completely turned the whole meal around.
The soft boiled egg was in fact a selection of warm chocolate goo. Outstanding !!
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