@TdeV I have been wondering myself about the eggplant sauce and am quite at a loss to replicate. I guess I would try to sauté onion, garlic and eggplant but there was definitely more to it than that. It had something which my taste buds can’t quite identify. Perhaps I’ll try putting in some tarragon, maybe a splash of brandy… it certainly was an exceptional taste.
As for the duck leg, I would suspect fried first then cooked in the sauce. I thought it interesting that the chef/owner mentioned about it being a female duck. He sort of scoffed at the thought of a male leg. He spoke very good English having lived and cooked in the UK for sometime.
I will have to wait till later in the year to try to cook the garlic green shoots risotto when the shoots are available… and… then they are hard to find. I only know of one market that sells them in my city.
