Tonight a dear friend J, took two of us out to dinner for our birthdays. We had a lovely afternoon and evening of fashion, food and fellowship.We all started with the same entree of Boudin de St Jacques, Bisque de Crustaces (Silky sausage of scallops with crustacean bisque). It was silky and full of flavour....two of us mopped up the remaining puddle of bisque with the freshly baked baguette...Yummo!
For mains two of us had the Boeuf de Boucher Sauce Roquefort Sauce (Butcher's cut of beef with cheese sauce) and J had the Jarret D'Agneau Facon Navarin Printanier (Braised shank of lamb with baby vegetables). I normally eat beef medium rare but the french waitress (all the waitstaff are french) highly recommended I try it medium as it is best eaten 'this way' with the cheese sauce. You could still taste the beef as it was not drowned in a rich cheesey sauce. It was just right.
We had a side of chips and salad....the presentation of the salad was quite clever like a flowering lettuce.
We were served a watermelon granita to cleanse out tastebuds.
I was too quick to eat dessert and totally forgot to take a picture but the creme caramel was just the right silky texture, generously laid out in a oval ceramic dish with that lovely caramelised top which you could crack into with the tap of your dessert spoon.....Mmmm.
Manu Feildel was eating his dinner at the bar when we arrived and I caught him doing a bit of a jig on the way back to the kitchen. When I was at home during the week before I started working this year I often saw him on 'Ready, Stead, Cook'. He is quite a character and quite cheeky.
Dinner tonight was one of the better meals I have had this year in addition to a recent dinner in Melbourne at Pearl Restaurant.....All hope is not lost as it seemed to be earlier in the year.
THANK YOU J for such a special birthday treat!
http://www.letoilerestaurant.com.au/
211 Glenmore Road
Paddington NSW Australia
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