You mean you don’t hang out with Joel Robuchon and Mitsuo Endo at lunch, doing vertical tastings of Chateau Pape Clement with winemaker Bernard Magrez on a typical Wednesday afternoon?
Pity.
L’AUTOMNE
~ Déjeuner du Mercredi 7 Octobre ~
Imaginé par Joël Robuchon
Le Caviar Osciètre
en infusion de corail anisée, en surprise
Osetra Caviar on a coral gelée served as a surprise
Bordeaux, Château Fombrauge 2004
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La Tomate
En salade, huile d’olive au basilic, tomate et mozzarella en gelée
Salad of tomato, basil infused olive oil, tomato gelée topped with mozzarella
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La Langoustine
truffée et cuite en ravioli à l’étuvée de chou vert
Truffled langoustine ravioli with chopped cabbage
Pessac-Léognan, Château Pape Clément 2004
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Le Bœuf de Kobé
grillé aux matsutakés, cristalline au poivre, persil en tempura, raifort à la moutarde
Grilled Kobe beef with matsutake mushroom, parsley tempura, horseradish mustard
Pessac-Léognan, Château Pape Clément 1986
Pessac-Léognan, Château Pape Clément 1996
Pessac-Léognan, Château Pape Clément 2005
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La Pêche
confite au Moscato d’Asti, lait frappé a l’abricot
Peach confit infused with Moscato d’Asti, apricot milkshake
Barsac, Château Latrézotte « Le Sauternes de ma Fille »2004
OMG, a dream come true! Congrats, Mr. ELV!
Wanted to share a behind the scenes at the Top Chef ranch episode filmed out in Sandy Valley, NV.
http://www.dahlight.com/top-chef-the-morning-after/
You have a rough life, John.
It’s really a shame that you have this platform with which you could share your culinary discoveries in a city that needs a roadmap to navigate through the good and the bad, but instead your message gets lost as you stroke your own ego.
Oh please, the man does a very good job of keeping us informed, remember your mother’s words, if you can’t say something nice…
Methinks cdc is jealous…
If dining at a Robuchon establishment and then recording one’s experience results in a perception that the author is stroking his ego, then my head must be a lot bigger than my backside–which is quite wide.
I’ve dined ala Robuchon, and I’ve eaten with and visited with Chef Robuchon. Like ELV, I’ve written about and photographed the work of Robuchon and his staff. It is hard to argue with near perfection. So if, in the opinion of some, the written word comes across as an act of overly indulgent ego stroking when describing lunch at Robuchon, such is life.