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a mere £1,500 dinner

Posted in Travel, Wines with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 5, 2024 by xi'an

As a one-time patron of the X on Kenilworth, I received an invitation to join the fundraising Bocuse d’Or UK gala diner, at a mere £1,500 each (with the helpful addition that 10 tickets would cost £10,500!]. Despite being partial to foie gras, buckwheat, scallops, Jerusalem artichokes, and vin jaune, methinks I will pass the offer since the wine list is not included…

Bocuse d’Or UK Fundraising Gala Menu

Canapés
Smoked duck doughnut, celeriac, Perigord [sic] black truffle
Cured trout aged in beeswax, timut pepper, pickled Potimarron, dashi jelly
Mushroom tuile, wild mushroom parfait, Douglas pine (vegan)
Seaweed tartelette, oyster and Coco bean sphere, Petrossian caviar
Cracker with Duperier [sic] foie gras, Gewürztraminer jelly, sancho pepper
Marco Zampese, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught

Shetland mussel bavaroise scented with turmeric
Lemon gel with fresh coriander and buckwheat grains
Daniel Stucki, The Lecture Room & Library at sketch

Hand-dived scallop, citrus beurre blanc and Petrossian caviar
Jean-Philippe Blondet, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

Megrim sole filled with truffle flavoured mousse baked in puff pastry
Vin jaune and langoustine sauce
Alain Roux, The Waterside Inn

Grass fed, 60-day dry aged beef
Jerusalem artichoke, crones, black garlic
Matt Abé, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

‘Core apple’
Clare Smyth, CORE by Clare Smyth

“Anvil”
Caramel mousse with our miso, apple and spruce
Simon Rogan, L’Enclume

“Like a kid in a sweet shop”
Edward Cooke, The Fat Duck

ze kitchen galerie

Posted in pictures, Travel, Wines with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2023 by xi'an


A surprise invitation to Ze Kitchen Galerie, an original restaurant in the Latin Quarter serving a fancy fusion cuisine with strong South-East Asia influences. Including a stuffed zucchini flower. If anything, the opposition between the dish and its broth was sometimes too much, as in the white chocolate – wasabi ice cream where the wasabi was definitely overpowering. A great experience altogether (with equally unusual and well-suited wines).


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Arbois [Domaine de la Borde]

Posted in pictures, Wines with tags , , , , , on June 20, 2018 by xi'an