Little Breizh - Paris, France

Little Breizh
May 2013

A traditional Breton creperie. This reminded me so much of my time in Rennes, France. It was a simple, but tasty meal. A savory crepe, a dessert crepe and a bowl of cidre. Parfait!

Guy Savoy - Paris, France

Guy Savoy - Three Michelin stars
Date: May 22, 2013
Dinner: 8:30pm
Tasting menu - 12 course $395 euro per person, grand total (with wine) = $1100 Euro

We were seated at a table for two in a cozy corner. A cart with Champagne and aperitifs was promptly brought to our table as they asked if we would enjoy an aperitif. The champagnes were described to us, and we each choose a different one according to our tastes. The recommendations were right on! We were  not informed of the cost, and nor did I ask. Doing my best just to enjoy the experience.

Unfortunately we did not grab a menu or write down the dishes. So here are the pictures, and any descriptions if I can remember!



Oysters in rock salt. This oyster had a refreshing taste similar to the kumomotos that I love so much! Great, but just made me want more oysters!













More peas! These seemed a bit undercooked since they were a little hard.

Lobster! This didn't have much flavor to me, but Brent really enjoyed it.











This was our favorite dish. Caviar on top of blue potatoes, and obviously they looked like rocks. Then they brought out a "birds nest" that was like rectangular won tons arranged as a nest with an egg in it. Inside the egg was a sabayon that they poured in the middle. The flavor and presentation were fantastic!










This one fell flat. fishy tasting and the pick gelee had no flavor.









This was a salmon cooked on ice. They did it at the table. I don't remember the method exactly but it was fun.











This one was a bit odd as well. lobster with a rich savory type of sauce. I wasn't impressed by the flavor combination.
 



This was a morel soup with truffles. They claimed to be famous for. It was certainly rich. It was served with a truffle roll on the side and truffle butter (I think they like truffles).










This had to be second favorite. It was fried foie gras with a ribbon of a root vegetable (can't remember what). So rich and salty, just divine.









Last savory dish.









First dessert - red berries

Second dessert - their take on the Paris-Brest dessert. A traditional dessert served at the Paris-Brest bicycle race. It had walnut butter which was fantastic. It was light and airy.










Earl grey tea sorbet - so refreshing. I could taste the tea and the lemon.

Chocolate gelato, just an extra.



We ordered espresso and then they brought out the dessert cart...There were additional ice creams, chocolates, and cakes. I was so full and wasn't sure if this was extra and how much they were. Turns out it all came with the coffee or the meal, not sure which at this point.


Wines

    

The wine list was a huge tome, I was intimidated by. We shared a bottle of the Riesling which of course was phenomenal. We had a glass each of the Corton (red), and a glass each of the Jurancon, a desert wine. Very lovely!

l'Atelier du Joel Robuchon - Etoile, Paris France

L'Atelier du Joel Robuchon - Etoile - Two Michelin stars
Date - May 22, 2013
Dinner - 6:30pm
Tasting menu - 6 courses

We have dined at L'atelier in Las Vegas and had a great time. The thing I remember the most from that dining experience is the raspberry mojito. Best alcoholic drink I have ever had!
This restaurant was very near to the l'arc de triomphe (the star) and was a a little strange, in that is was basically in the basement of a gourmet grocery store (Publicis drugstore). We arrived a little early and roamed the drugstore until L'atelier opened.

Each Michelin rated restaurant had a spring pea dish, and this one was my favorite. The peas were cooked perfectly and the flavor was spectacular.


Le Caviar Imperial

 This was very nice. Salty and refreshing with the citrus oil.








La Morille (morel mushroom ravioli)










Les petits pois
This was my favorite pea dish of the trip and we have no pciture!

Le Homard (lobster)










Le Saint-Pierre (John Dory fish)










l'agneau de lait (lamb)
or la caille (quail)
These dishes came with the mashed potatoes that he is famous for. So velvety smooth and perfectly creamy.

Le Rubis










Le Dulcey

Sur Mersure par Thierry Marx - Paris, France

Sur Mesure - Two Michelin stars

Date: May 25, 2013

Dinner: 8:30pm

Tasting menu 9 courses 195 euro

    

This restaurant is located in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, not far from the Jardin de Tuleries. The decor was modern and monochrome. The bathroom was a fun surprise and quite the contrast in color from the dining room. 

We started with a glass of rose champagne. 

Structured & destructured sesame 

Egg yolk/minty green peas/ tomato foccacia

Cubic veal's head/black truffle/fois gras

Not as scary as it sounded! Tasted delicious.







Longuet/crayfish and sweetbread
or Tube pizza/ stalk caper

  

The sweetbreads were over powered by the crayfish flavor, very fishy. The tube pizza was good, very subtle flavor.

Soy and oysters risotto/morels

This has an extremely interesting texture. The "risotto" was the soy, and had a very crunchy texture.








Roasted piece of Lobster/peppers/eggplant

or Tempura of John Dory/ slow cooking kohlrabi/ tomato water

Pork/gherkins - mustard/comte cheese jelly 

or saddle of young rabbit/ Japanese style vegetables/ potatoes baked with chablis 

or smoked beef/carrot cake/asparagus and fresh wasabi

For some reason I was having a hard time deciding if I would like the pork. It was fatty and delicious, so no worries. being a pickle lover I was excited for the gherkins but couldn't taste them.

Sweet Bento & Ylang-ylang










This was fun because it came in so many dishes.

Blood orange sponge cake/red beetroot sugar/gariguette strawberry and muscovado sugar

or crystallized eggplant/confit eggplant/"parfum d'herboriste"

or confit apple/puff pastry a la creme fraiche

Wines

We shared a bottle of Alsatian Pinot Noir and had different glasses of white wine. I had the Blanc Fume de Pouilly and it was so delicious. We took these pictures to our local wine store and his comments were, "Nice!" "this will be tough to get" "$100 per bottle", etc!