Cheese selections and a knowledgable guide
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Gordon Ramsay’s restarant at the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles. I expected fast, mediocre and expensive. I was only right on one count.
The three-course lunch menu was actually eight unbelievable courses, wine and champagne. The 15-table restaurant was comfortably full. Nurse noticed lots of generous businessmen taking their nieces out for a leisurely lunch….
Our table looked out over a community of contented goats and sheep, presumably from Marie Antoinette’s Petite Trianon. It might be a point of conscience that lamb was not on the menu.
It took two and a half hours to eat and four waiters to serve. Paper thin croutons and potato crisps with two spreads – eggplant and goat cheese with caviar. Caesar salad and mozzarella stuffed with salmon mousse. Pate de fois gras. Lobster ravioli. Roast pigeon. John Dory. Custard with raspberry coulis. Strawberries with creme freche and a crumbled crust. Five kinds of cheese (the cheese that the French don’t export.) Desert truffles served on dry ice. Complete exhaustion.
I immediately underwent a psychic exorcism to forget how much it cost, so don’t bother asking. I was repeatedly amazed by the delicate, interesting flavors and textures. It’s good to experience this kind of dining just once. I have to hand it to Gordon.
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Tags: 2010, lunch, Versailles
Julie's Paris 
October 1, 2010 at 3:48 pm |
Sigh….
So what are you doing for dinner?
October 1, 2010 at 4:00 pm |
Tres Fabu! It sounds divine… I wish we could have been there with you!
October 2, 2010 at 12:09 pm |
Omlettes for dinner. It was hard to imagine any other food on earth after that
October 2, 2010 at 3:45 pm |
Wow and wow. Pictures?
October 3, 2010 at 2:31 pm |
Clare I have food pictures galore. I need to reference the menu to be sure I describe everything correctly. Ann found the runny cheese in our cheese shop and she’s loving it.
October 3, 2010 at 4:51 pm |
I’ve never had pigeon. Does it taste like chicken? I could nab a few from our backyard!
October 4, 2010 at 2:46 am |
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
October 5, 2010 at 11:18 am |
Pigeon – the other dark meat. It was pretty good – like chicken but more tender. I wonder if we can train Sam to catch them?
October 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm |
I don’t think pigeon tastes at all like chicken, much darker meat, so tender you wouldn’t believe it. I have been eyin the neighborhood pigeons, thinking I could entice one into my wee kitchen before we leave.
October 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm |
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