Le Gavroche

Celebrating the new year at Le Gavroche! 

We saw both Albert and Michel there :) how lucky lol 

Albert was having lunch there with a "friend"? and Michel was walking around all the tables checking if everything is OK. 

There's this 52 quid set lunch - incl 1/2 a bottle of wine and mineral water and coffee 

On the whole.. everything was nice and perfectly cooked

Good traditional french food

but I don't feel I was wow-ed as much as Ledbury

and I feel I could get equally good traditional food at Roux at Landau - which doesnt require booking months in advance

but it could just because we had set lunch menu rather than a la carte... 

we thought about having a la carte but there was no price tag next to the plates :p so didnt really know how far the bill would get..haha.. 

so we played safe... 

I would definitely go back one day though.. for a la carte/ tasting menu :)

It's all in French but luckily the waitress helped us out 

pretty plate

I don't really like the atmosphere that much.. 

just like an old hotel's restaurant.. nothing very exciting.  

but the service was good. very nicely decorated with painting and little sculpture which can be sold online on their website at a ridiculous price.. 

they seem to be made of cutlery! e.g. 

lobster

Cruets

Terrine as amuse bouche

There were also some canape as soon as we sat down

didn't take photos of them but they were yummm 

breadwise - they are just nice simple bread - french baguette, rye and country bread.  

Starter

Oeuf a la Reine 

-Brioche stuffed with poached chicken, poached egg with creamy sauce and truffle

I would have hoped more truffle flavour and with a warm crispy brioche instead

but it was nice and creamy... just different from what I expected 

Octopus with chorizo and chickpea

- very flavoursome.. soft octopus 

this is the starter that we like out of the two 

- with painting of Michel Roux 

I wonder if Michel is a little self obsess.. .seem to see pictures of him everywhere

Main course

Mix Seafood with creamy sauce

everything perfectly cooked ... 

grilled/confit rabbit with grilled polenta

very nice and flavoursome

Dessert
- The other option was mixed icecream .. which doesnt sound too appealing
so we both had omelette souffle with rhubarb and ginger

very soft but I had a whole mouthful of grated ginger :S which wasnt very pleasant

yummy petit four afterwards :) with mint choc macaron, candied fruit, crispy sesame cookies and a little cake