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Glaucus
13-07-2008, 21:57
Wow, is all I can say.
My bro took me to a t Michelin star restaurant on Friday, first time I've ever been to such a great restaurant.
We went to a French style http://www.latrompette.co.uk/.

What impressed me was that it was only £40 for 3 courses, all though wine was expensive.

Confit sea trout, crab and cucumber salad, crab croquettes, vichyssoise and pea shoots
Had a sea trout and crab starter. I haven't like cured fish until know. The sea trout was simply heavenly. As a bonus it also had some caviare on it as decoration. Surprisingly it wasn't that bad. Slightly slimy on the outside and a crunch as you bite it, then it just tastes like fish.

Breast of duck, pastilla of confit leg, hot foie gras, cherry compote and caramelized endive
Main was a duck breast with a duck leg samosa type thing, the caramelized endive was very much like braised leek and a cherry sauce. With Foie gras, which I have to say was very nice. Very rich and buttery. But went very well with the dish and was only a very small amount.

Valrhona chocolate marquise, milk sorbet, macademia nut praline, chicory crème
Desert was a chocolate marquise with a chicory ice cream. A very simple, but so so so nice..

What I was shocked about was the head wine guy was awesome He newly instantly what went well with the dishes and occasionally picked some of the cheapest wines.

Cost £370 with 4 bottles of wine. For the price I think it was a bargain and if you haven't tried top notch food, you really have to go and try a top restaurant.

Jonny69
14-07-2008, 11:39
Cool. Proper sommeliers are awesome.

Will
14-07-2008, 12:46
I love proper French cuisine (not that I'm biased of course ;)), but a proper decent michelin star restaurant, you know the food will be prepared with passion and a reassuring fastidiousness that makes the food that little bit more sublime. The experience of the dining is also part of the process, which is important to me - the sting in the tail is always the wine - but what the heck it's about the experience after all - and usually the wines are rather decent. :)

sounds like a great evening out! :)

Glaucus
14-07-2008, 16:06
Cool. Proper sommeliers are awesome.

That's the name :), he was unbelievably good..

it was a very good evening we sat down at 7:30 and left about 10:15.. Nice long meal, but it didn't feel long or anything.

Got to say at the end of the main course, I though I might still feel a bit hungry. By the end I was feeling full but not stuffed. Very good feeling...

Was an awesome evening..

However I so want to go back to borough market.

£1 for 4 mangos :o, pineapple for £1..
About 30 different chorizos to choose from, as well as awesome meat and seafood.

divine
14-07-2008, 16:15
I'm guessing it wasn't just you and your brother or were you actually paying £60-£70 per bottle of wine?

Glaucus
14-07-2008, 16:16
I'm guessing it wasn't just you and your brother or were you actually paying £60-£70 per bottle of wine?

4 of us...

LeperousDust
14-07-2008, 20:03
Had a multi course taster at the Atirum (http://www.atriumrestaurant.co.uk/), best meal I've ever eaten, each glass of wine per meal was individually chosen and the wine waiter gave us a brief description as to what we should expect and why he selected it. I'd love to eat there again :)

Jonny69
15-07-2008, 08:52
That's the name
I looked it up on Google ;) :o