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BigboyDan

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  1. Went there for dinner three weeks ago - nice as always, best place of it's type in the area. Dinner for two in La salle.

    This plus a bottle of a local Rhone for E85:

    Pressé de tourteaux et oeufs de saumon sur une gelée de pot-au-feu, de l’aneth.

    Petit rouget, cocos de Paimpol et effiloché de canard

    dans une soupe de poissons de roche.

    Rognonnade de lapin, ails rôtis et oignons fanes.

    Une crème glacée de fromage frais au miel amer.

    Comme un mille-feuille de fraises à la crème de verveine,

    un sorbet au yaourt.

    Pour accompagner votre dessert et votre café, mignardises, pralines et friandises.

    112 € Taxes et service 13.5% inclus.

    And for those who eat frogs: ahem, feel free to eat real food that isn't from the bottom of a creek - the Revolution was over two-hundred and twenty years ago.

  2. Germany is full of villages and hamlets - the Germans are darn proud of them too. But there are areas, urban places, like the Ruhr Valley that have large populations. My childhood home is in Wiesbaden, a "big village" of 300,000 persons (thirty miles from Frankfurt.) The Frankfurt urban area had an estimated population of 2,260,000 in 2000.

    Thankfully, the rise in number of German multi-starred restaurants mirrors Germans' interest in quality foods, and their better eating habits in general.

  3. For a phone reservation, we require a CC and a payment of $25 which is applied to the check. The payment is returned at the time of a cancelation of the reservation, but forfeited for a no-show.

  4. I really mean that I don't like his food. Nothing personal. Just that I still have to have something really good in any Ducasse's establishment. I am open to arm twisting, though.

    Have the Cepe Risotto at Le Louis XV - the best risotto dish on the planet (although, it is Cerruti's recipe.) :biggrin: Also, the wood pidgen IS fantastic...

    I am a big big fan of Senderens. Lucas Carton under Frédéric Robert is my top restaurant ever. I can remember seven totally marvellous meals there, sophisticated and brutal, eye-closing, lifechanging.

    Agree completely. Senderens was my favorite Parisian chef in the 1980's.

    I never had the full Jamin Robuchon experience, but I am a fan of some Atelier dishes like the merlan or the ris de veau. And I was a big fan of Benoit Guichard's Jamin and I am a big fan of Briffard at Les Elysées.

    To go further, my reference other than Senderens is Loiseau.

    You?

    Again, agree completely. To be more specific, my joy in eating at Le Louis XV is as much due to Cerruti as Ducasse. And, the desserts, cheeses, breads, and coffees are just great.

  5. Hundreds of blowups with the waiters over the years - I've cooked since the 1970's. I would curse at them using every single epitath you can imagine, and probably many that would stun you solid. But, as time has marched on, using words like #^&*@#$%*! that would once get you reprimanded by the Sous, now would get you a civil suit.

    Now, I just recook the onions!

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